VR will play an important part in future travel by previewing, facilitating and enriching traveller experiences in useful and exciting ways, yet not entirely substituting real-life adventures with VR experiences, no matter how convincing and realistic. In fact, that future is in many ways here already. With numerous VR applications already available, a would-be traveller can have a thorough VR and 3D preview of an intended hotel or restaurant at their destination. At the Hotelympia exhibition, held at Excel London between 29 February and 3 March 2016, a registered visitor was able to enjoy a walk-in immersive VR experience by exploring the newly-built Hilton Bankside hotel in London and appraise the ambience, if not yet the food, of two brand-new London restaurants: German Gymnasium in the King's Cross area and M Restaurant in Victoria.
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