With the pandemic putting the brakes on international travel, startups are hoping to boost domestic tourism, enhancing this experience using augmented and virtual reality
The Who VR team taking 360 degree photographs at Veerabhadra Temple in Lepakshi, Andhra Pradesh. Pic Courtesy/WHO VR
Earlier this week, when escalating COVID-19 numbers threw cold water on travel plans everywhere, we did a walk through the Veerabhadra Temple in Lepakshi, Andhra Pradesh, from the confines of our Mumbai office. Navigating us through the tour was our mouse, which at a click, not only offered 360 degree views of the 16th century site, but also directed us through every tiny alley in the temple complex, allowing us to zoom in and out of structures and sculptures that caught our attention along the way. The virtual tour, an experience recreated by Who VR, a startup at the cusp of heritage-tourism-culture-wellness-technology-neurosciences, comes at an uncertain time for the tourism industry.
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