Visiting museums in virtual reality

Recently, Google Arts and Culure officially introduced free virtual tours to more than 2,500 museums, galleries and opera houses around the world. Viewers around the world can access these art venues at home for free via internet or wifi connection.

Whether sitting at home, anyone can freely visit world-renowned museums, such as the Tate Morden Museum, British Museum of Britain; Van Gogh Museum, Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, Netherlands; The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Whitney and the Metropolitan Museum of America; Hermitage Museum in the city of Saint Petersburg (Russia); Hong Kong Museum of Art (China)...

The trend of digitizing museums, implemented many years ago, is now maximizing its effectiveness in the context of the raging Covid-19 epidemic. Virtual reality technology allows museums to remain "open", successfully implementing attractive and lively online exhibitions. In France, 14 museums of the city of Paris use digital technology to introduce to the public more than 320,000 works of all kinds with clear colors through a common portal...

The State Hermitage Museum, St.Petersburg, Russia presents more than 3 million works online.

The use of digital technology to bring images and information about famous art works of famous museums through online exhibitions shows the adaptation of many international art organizations to the context of the world. Many countries are implementing social distancing. This has received the response of many people around the world. It not only provides an additional entertainment channel, but also allows many people to satisfy their travel preferences while sitting at home to avoid the pandemic. This is also considered the solution of the world's art units to common difficulties.

Travel through the screen

The global Covid-19 epidemic has also become a "test" for the world tourism industry. Many countries that have major cultural and tourism festivals instead of organizing them in the traditional form have deployed online tourism activities, helping people and tourists can still visit and experience through devices. smart phone, tablet.

In April, the cherry blossom festival is an attractive tourist event in many countries such as Korea, Japan, and the United States... However, at this time, all tourism activities are suspended. The country is required to socialize to limit the spread of the Covid-19 epidemic. Last year, the Seokchon Lake Cherry Blossom Festival in Songpa District, South Korea, attracted 5 million people. This year, the festival is completely deserted. In order to convey the beautiful image of cherry blossoms as well as help visitors avoid disappointment when not being able to directly see the cherry blossoms due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Songpa district government has filmed the entire scene of cherry blossoms. digging with a flycam, helping people to view flowers online at home. Although this is a temporary solution, it is enough to make the people of Songpa, South Korea satisfied.

In the US and Japan, governments have also urged people to stay at home to see flowers through the 24/7 camera system, avoiding large gatherings. The US suggested that people stay away from crowds by staying at home and viewing flowers through a website provided by the national park. This system, called bloomcam, consists of cameras that are installed throughout the flower garden. Live view allows visitors to view flowers whenever they want. Visitors can comfortably enjoy cherry blossom viewing from Lake Tidal Basin - home to more than 3,000 cherry blossom trees and the most famous cherry blossom viewing spot in the US capital.

Currently, the trend of online travel is becoming the solution that many countries and tourism organizations are aiming for. Famous travel websites, such as: Amazing Vietnam, Lonely Planet, TripAdvisor, etc., promote the posting of many attractive tourist images and information to serve the needs of tourists to explore the world. Online travel awards began to appear as an incentive for destinations to increase online promotion activities, and to help visitors have more new discovery channels while implementing social isolation.

According to Hanoimoi