that some destinations are being ruined,
by the shear number of tourists visiting them, especially if the attraction is in a small restricted area, such as the ancient
Egyptian tomb built for Queen
Nefertari whose paintings are so beautiful that it has been compared
to Italy's Sistine Chapel, built
around 3,250 years ago for the favorite wife of pharaoh Ramesses II (who
reigned from 1279 B.C. to 1213 B.C.), the Tomb of Nefertari is located in the
Valley of the Queens, near Luxor. The tomb is open
to just small groups of visitors, because the increase in humidity that comes
when people enter can damage its paintings, at present
small groups of tourists are allowed into the tomb, each tourist paying an
entrance fee of 1000 Egyptian pounds (about $56) said Zahi Hawass, an
archaeologist and former Minister of State for Antiquities, but even then
damage is done, what to do?
the answer is to create the virtual
reality experience, Experius VR teamed up with Curiosity Stream, a
streaming service for documentaries, the finished tour can now be downloaded
for free on Steam and
on Viveport and Curiosity Stream VR although
currently you need the Vive headset to view it, said Emma Tiernon, a
spokesperson for Curiosity Stream, adding that the team hopes to configure the
tour so that it can be viewed on other headsets, in this VR tour, the viewer
moves around the tomb by wearing the 3D headset and using controls, if the
viewer wants more information on a work of art, for instance, they can
virtually touch the painting and a narrator will provide information, what a
neat idea, but it is not the first time that curators have turned to VR, a
virtual tour of ancient
Jerusalem was released in 2017 by a company called Lithodomos VR, so instead
of booking flights and tickets, it will be grab a coffee, into the living room and saying, 'just popping into the tomb for a few hours
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