Here are some of the best VR tourist destinations to help you decide on your next virtual adventure.
The Grand Canyon VR Experience
Very relaxing experience.
Excellent visual and sound quality.
Impressive attention to detail.
Predefined with little control.
While you cruise along, you’ll enjoy the sights and sounds of procedurally generated, artificially intelligent wildlife.
Attract and feed the virtual fish as you navigate the waterways.
The ride is on rails, so you’ve got the option to’t steer the kayak.
The tour is short, and there’s no historical background information for history buffs.
Still, it is a fun ride perfect for someone new to VR.
Realities
Explore amazing places.
Some experiences are very brief.
Realities is a VR travel app that allows you to explore scanned and modeled real-world environments.
The user interface is a giant globe you rotate with your VR controllers.
One interesting destination is a cell in the infamous Alcatraz prison.
It’s museum-like and an educational adventure worth having.
Titans of Space PLUS
Great soundtrack.
Impressive sense of scale.
Flying through space makes some users feel nauseated.
No improvements since late 2019.
Do you like planetariums?
Have you always wished they were more realistic?
Factoids about the planets and moons appear throughout your journey, as do distances and other measurements of interest.
This title runs in both standard and VR modes; it doesn’t require a VR headset.
EVEREST VR
Impressive rendering technology.
Auto-tunes for your GPU.
Mostly narration with little hands-on time.
Everest VR (from Solfar Studios) is an interactive Mount Everest VR tourism experience.
This game takes you through the journey toward summiting Mount Everest by making five key stops.
First, start by preparing for the expedition at Basecamp.
you’re free to unlock God Mode after you complete your first ascent.
The VR Museum of Fine Art
Lots of content.
Only takes about 20 minutes to experience.
Look at the brushstrokes of Monet’s Water Lilies or take a 360-degree tour of Michelangelo’s David.
This experience is an art lover’s delight.
Google Earth VR
Amazing street view VR.
Travel the world virtually.
Impressive, vast experience.
Can be slow to load.
Lacks a search feature.
May cause motion sickness.
Change the sun’s position, scale objects to any size you like, and fly around the world.
The detail levels depend on what you’re trying to view.
For example, tourist destinations are likely to have more detailed geospatial imagery than rural areas.
There is so much to see, and Google offers virtual tours to help you get started.
Google has even added several comfort features to prevent virtual travel sickness in this must-see virtual reality app.
