{"id":5585,"date":"2021-04-19T17:43:58","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T00:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/technarrativelab.org\/?p=5585"},"modified":"2024-01-29T17:32:41","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T01:32:41","slug":"vr-for-the-new-yorker-from-china-and-the-chinese-emissary-from-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nostatic.com\/lab\/2021\/04\/19\/vr-for-the-new-yorker-from-china-and-the-chinese-emissary-from-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"VR for The New Yorker from China and The Chinese Emissary from New York"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>via Tim Marler<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Applications for VR and AR are increasing.&nbsp; Both have grown from development and use in the entertainment industry and are now seeing expanding \u201cserious\u201d use.&nbsp; Perhaps the most frequent applications in this regard are training and education, and many more are following.&nbsp; X-Plora has recently released an AR app for enhancing travel experiences, but perhaps applications like this could play a much more significant role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevrara.com\/blog2\/2021\/4\/9\/augmented-reality-tours-just-got\">https:\/\/www.thevrara.com\/blog2\/2021\/4\/9\/augmented-reality-tours-just-got<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The X-Plora AR app allows users to see complete virtual castles and monuments where currently there may be only ruins.&nbsp; It can bring ancient soldiers and rulers to current scenery.&nbsp; In addition, VR has been used in the form of 360-degree videos or even more advanced immersive forms for high tech brochures that help would-be travelers decide where to go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These applications then fostered discussions of having VR actually replace travel altogether.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/transmitter.ieee.org\/a-look-at-vrs-potential-to-transform-the-travel-industry\/\">https:\/\/transmitter.ieee.org\/a-look-at-vrs-potential-to-transform-the-travel-industry\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A significant benefit of travel is not just seeing new places but also understanding new cultures.&nbsp; Arguably, travel helps combat discrimination.&nbsp; VR and AR could do the same.&nbsp; The capabilities that have grown in response to demand in the travel industry could be useful in the training sector, helping to inform users about new cultures.&nbsp; What is like to walk around Bejing, and how is that different form New York City?&nbsp; How does it sound?&nbsp; How do people value space differently?&nbsp; Where should you look without seeming rude?&nbsp; Perhaps VR and AR could help improve understanding of that New Yorker from China or that Chinese emissary from New York.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>via Tim Marler Applications for VR and AR are increasing.&nbsp; Both have grown from development and use in the entertainment industry and are now seeing expanding \u201cserious\u201d use.&nbsp; Perhaps the most frequent applications in this regard are training and education, and many more are following.&nbsp; X-Plora has recently released an AR app for enhancing travel&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5587,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,28],"tags":[69],"class_list":["post-5585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ar-vr","category-virtual","tag-tim-marler"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nostatic.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nostatic.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nostatic.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nostatic.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nostatic.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5585"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nostatic.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6544,"href":"https:\/\/nostatic.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5585\/revisions\/6544"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nostatic.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nostatic.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nostatic.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nostatic.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}