Seven Great VR Trips Activities

Who says you can't experience the world if you stay home? Virtual reality (VR) tours allow you to see destinations around the world without ever leaving your couch.

 They're not games, they're experience, so the pace may be slower than you expect but they're well worth your patience. Here are a few of the top VR tourist destinations to help you decide on your next virtual adventure.

The Grand Canyon Virtual Reality Experience

In the Grand Canyon VR Experience, you sit in a virtual motorized kayak tour throughout the Grand Canyon. Tailor the tour to your personal preferences by choosing a sunlit or moonlit experience and adjusting the speed of the ride.

As you cruise, you'll enjoy all the sounds and images of a procedurally generated artificially intelligent creatures. Attract and feed the virtual fish as you explore the waterways.

The trip is on rails, and you're not able to control the kayak. But, you are able to make stops at different points and take in the view making use of the throttle controls of your motorized kayak, or by exiting at scenic rest stops.

The trip is short and there's no details on the history behind it for fans. However, it's an enjoyable ride, perfect for someone new to VR.

Realities

Realities is an VR virtual travel app that allows you to explore scanned and modeled real-world locations. The locations aren't just 360 degree photographs; these places were captured using special scanning equipment, which allows an immersive virtual reality experience in Indonesia.

User interface is basically a huge globe that rotates with your VR controllers. Once you've selected the location you'd like to visit, tap the location on the virtual globe, and you are instantly transported to the exotic destination.

One of the most interesting destinations is a cell within the famous Alcatraz prison. As you enter, you're welcomed by an unidentified narrator presumably a former prisoner in the cell directly next to you. He'll recount their experiences. It's an exhibit-like excursion worth the time.

There are other destinations with varied size and complexity as well as the experiences are regularly updated with new realities regularly.

Titans of Space PLUS

The original Titans of Space was one of the very first refined vr virtual reality experiences to be made available; it created a lot of hype about all the potential VR could offer.

The app is a theme park-style ride through our solar system, and further, giving you the ability to regulate the pace of the experience. Factoids about the planets and moons are included during your ride, as are distances and other measures of significance.

The sense of scale of the moons and planets is truly awe-inspiring and gives an extraordinary perspective that only astronauts usually get to have.

EVEREST VR

Experience Mount Everest in five iconic scenes. Start your preparations for the expedition at Basecamp as you traverse the frightening Khumbu Icefalls Spend the night in Camp 4, ascend the dangerous Hillary Step and finally reach the top of Everest.

After completing your first summit attempt, unlock God Mode to reach a exclusive vantage point of the Himalayas that can only be achieved in VR. Overlooking the mountains it's a breathtaking VR diorama.

The VR Museum of Fine Art

When you've ever wanted to explore an art gallery at your own pace , with no limit to how close you reach the artwork and the art, then the VR Museum of Fine Art is the right place for you.

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Take a seat on the decks of sunken vessel while a massive whale glides by and gazes you in the face or swim in a sea of bioluminescent jellies. It's not necessary to purchase expensive equipment for scuba diving or classes, or to leave the comfort of your home to do so.

The detail level in this app is astonishing and the feeling of the scale (especially during the whale encounter in the very first episode) is jaw-dropping.

Google Earth Virtual Reality

As Google Earth was launched many years ago, people were amazed at the fun of viewing and finding their homes using satellite images. The latest version, Google Earth VR (free from Google) lets you view your home from space and virtually fly to it and walk around your front lawn or on your rooftop.

Change the sun's position change the sun's position, adjust objects to whatever size you like, and fly around the world. The level of detail depends on the subject you want to see. For instance, tourist locations will likely have more detailed geospatial imagery than rural areas. There is so much to see and Google provides vr virtual reality to assist you in your journey.

Google has added many options for comfort that can help avoid virtual travel sickness in this must-see virtual reality app.