Timelooper is a brilliant new virtual reality app that is designed to make it possible for you to travel back in time and witness great events from history. All you need is a smartphone, the app and a cardboard headset and you can travel back in time and view important historical events.
The app can be used to offer a unique historical perspective on your environment in places like London. It makes use of motion detection to make it possible for you to move your gaze around your virtual environment. Videos are location-based, so you actually have to be in London if you want to witness the Great Fire of London from 1666 for example.
This virtual reality app is helping to take tourism technology forward, something that was much needed due to relatively slow embracing of technology in this sphere.
Key Themes Behind This Trend
- Virtual Time-travel
- The trend of virtual reality apps that enable users to travel back in time to witness historical events is disrupting the tourism industry.
- Location-based Content
- Using motion detection technology, the trend of location-based virtual reality content can also be applied in education and entertainment industries.
- Smartphone VR
- The increasing accessibility of virtual reality technology through smartphone apps presents a disruptive innovation opportunity for various industries.
Where This Applies
- Tourism
- Virtual time-travel apps can revolutionize tourism by offering visitors an immersive historical experience.
- Education
- Location-based, VR-enabled learning could transform education and enhance students' understanding of historical events.
- Entertainment
- The trend of location-based, virtual reality content has the potential to revolutionize the entertainment industry by creating a unique and immersive experience for consumers.
