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03 pod document 3 series. i'm asking has paula stats may 4th on dw, the safari beach or a flight in a hot air balloon. we can travel around the world by a virtual reality. it's special for the environment and affordable, but just how fun. i'll be on trips our topic on shift the the ideas sounds great. just pop on the headset and off you go to any place in the world or even to this some planets. beatrice maybe in each product for now, but much of occasion is on the rise. the the travel market is forecast to explode from over 4500000000. yours to 5 times that figure by to

a t $27.00. about once this of people. a of it in gemini, think the future of travel lies in the mets of us and even one 4th of respondents on the 35th, we address a viable possibility. but what's already possible today? i guess we all travel a try with apparel glancing over the himalayas, living in sweden or smoking and mexico. b. r can take us anywhere in just a few clicks. you'll list away from your couch to some far away destination. travel agencies promote chill vacation vide without the c o 2 emissions or the high cost. you can buy your own interactive travel experience with this last 10 euros in the app store. so i'm not even free of charge. the agencies offer them to promote the destinations and attractions the

technology can help you plan a trip. is there room big enough? how far away is the beach? all you can even going to whole trip from the comfort of your home. funding most of the experience, you need a good be. are headset models with no display, you could use a smartphone instead cheap ones go for about 100 euros headsets with a built in display, a bit more expensive metric less it's a real hit. it has a price like a $450.00 euro, but that's still a lot cheaper than going on a real trip. the that's crunch some numbers. say actually i from gemini to the diamond, went to a round trip ticket, might cost $850.00 euro in the process. more than $3.00 tons of c o 2. i'm gonna just put the problem on the approximately 24000 kilometers of flight. the me be

a great alternative for people who are unable to travel to places because of physical restrictions. but for now, virtual traveling comp quite compete with taking real vacation headsets constantly let the sense of taste, smell of feel, but they have to the best available for consumer use. now, the traveling does away with a new sense of like big crowds waiting in lines and jet black. and you might try a few daring activities to would be comfortable with in real life. like taking off in a hot apple doing all whitewater rafting. i noticed that the pipe built into different wells, the more realistic the experience felt ex, let's call this emotion, but what happens in our brains when images and sounds he has to create a virtual reality experience across a pond? said mind street information that yeah, well just like stimuli in the real world and that contract a real emotion. but the effectiveness depends on

a few of the effect us. how exciting is the story? how sophisticated is the technology, high resolution images and a good refresh rate and show images on chopping or pick sedated question to get from the university of handbook is convinced a great experience, the pest mostly on the hardware used. he's a v, a expert researching human computer interaction, and he studies how real the experiences seem to up and downs by displaced even for us organ. we have to displays in front of the users eyes, which is the data is transmitted by the optic nerve back to the visual cortex, logics. and from there, depending on whether they recognize or want to grasp the objects, which this information is spread across the green by a neuron. so no, we're not invited to speak in this part of the words, images and noise since from the virtual world are processed. similarly to information in real life, we collect most of our information using our eyes. and our visual protection also simulates or other senses. that's good news for be our users. because they may only

be seeing images that they take in the virtual worlds like real experiences. and easily accessed the slides, just basically almost the same thing happens as in real life and we collect information using our sensors. i know if i'm, except in a virtual world shown on the computer display 20 and we're here the 3 day sound and process, the information almost the same way is in reality, at the 5 each person perceives these virtual worlds differently. and it depends on the quality to the users can feel emotions like joy or spirits just like in real life. it's similar to watching scary movie or reading a thrilling story. but the are, has one advantage. you're immersed in the sights and sounds of a virtual world, making it more real photography the eyes on and if and how real

and experience savings largely depends on the technology you use. and the way the virtual world is displayed when somebody is low. but as soon as you think you're really in that world and you feel the presence of and you kind of full your brain, but i'll skip 6, not really understand how realistic dark deals depends on many factors. even minor hiccups like a bad internet connection can spoil the illusion and your experience. for now, users are aware that they're in a virtual world from wearing a headset that makes it hard to completely so no reality. but that may change and the future is even more noticeable the lot is course and these headsets are still pretty big and heavy and rather clunky field. it's like wearing heavy scapes, all that stuff. and also so we see the next generation of these devices shrinking and size. i know many more like sunglasses, for instance, name them. if you want to time to have a right now, you need to be a headset. a pass on clauses won't come,

that's what you've tens. i'm back in time to the past. and this city's like london would have passed on dana and this guy, the 2 visits this can go back in time, right, where the standing but you need a versatile team to make the a was as realistic as possible. i met with his turns 3, the autism and the intimate was in cologne. to take a trip to the 20th century to virtual reality. time right brings the past to life. the team uses film clips to sound recordings and photos to rebuild the world the way it used to be. how exactly did the buildings and vehicles look the the research department at the time? i've compiled information to create a city map 3 d or does then use the map the contract. the virtual world details are accurately simulated in b r. but what's more important than the buildings or the animated figures? the more realistic they look, the better the experience. so the $103.00,

the developers conduct, meticulous research. what did people where back then? how about that with a who was out and about to make them look as realistic as possible. the animated figures, clothes are recreated using patterns. and the people themselves are designed with great care so you can measure house. how does the prism look how it's like a short here long here. now, how long is there news? is that here like this or like that and so on. and so right that, and let me put that all together fun inanimate or brings the finished reading features to life and use of the motion capture. so to record his movements, to ask anybody else we calibrate it to calibrate the suit he uses mongers that map his body's position and orientation. then his physical movements animate the figures digital motions the

it takes the 20 person team about 3 months to create one of the historical worlds. and these worlds even draw in international visitors. places like random birth date are known across the globe to the story surrounding them aren't always defining points in history like the end of world war 2 or the fall of the person wall appealed to a broad, international audience. time travelers, canal immerse themselves in this history and sometimes even directly compared to then. and now the a trip for time can help us better understand how life used to be because the travelers become part of the action. yeah. can replace a real trip help or pass a one or provide a whole new experience altogether. like in this to us through the german capital. this is pop, stomach flats and berlin today. and in 1920 and this guided tour visitors go back in time,

right. but they are. the pilot historian talks about how berlin is used to live. she shows them germany's 1st traffic light. here visitors gets a step into historical berlin on a virtual trip there. sure to remember you can take virtual visits to ancient cultural sites to an experience room and its golden age, or towards the famous baltic temple complex and living on all things to be are what are they for going on trips use in school or at a university good be, or a technology enables user to take part in advance of creating a unique experience. they won't forget we are technology helps people learn visual leave. users can explore historical settings, for instance, making history more lies and tangible. studies have shown that students who use

virtual, an ottoman in reality take greater interest in learning. they perform better academically than others. starting with conventional methods that we are learning. market is forecast to grow from 6000000000 euros in 2021 to 32000000000 in 2026. we are brought into arises museums like the moment in new york or the rights museum and amsterdam have free b r tours. you can also take a virtual visit to the state on museum and frank. first, it's one of germany's oldest museums. the collection has been constantly changing since 1816. using a v r headset. you can watch the art and the museum itself changed throughout time . i think this sounds quite exciting, which around 3 of us so many possibilities how this instance our travel plans. it's always on us for yeah, that's put into i looked into this. i do think we are,

has the potential to change tourism and it's, but i don't really think it will replace traveling altogether to move this, but it gives you the opportunity to plan trips for instance. i like, is this the right hotel for me? space? do i want to go to that restaurants, the whole end of the team? and i think the art gives us a thrilling opportunity to have these experience as have been advanced, or to preserve them by visiting exciting places. again, virtually it's fun to watch a lot of chunk up. yeah, travel could become a good alternative to conventional travel. also to help protect the climate. what do you think? are you going to keep packing your bags or what a headset suffice? let us know. that's it for me today. see you next time and 5 for now. the come to the polls. it's an extra year in south africa, as outside young voters of each he took the boy

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