My Secure Cyberspace on Virtual Tourism
The article discusses about the viable of “virtual tourism” by the Internet that limit “tourist” to engage with the practical environment (destination). Users instead, explore their destination with easy directional camera control using 3D graphical program. When others are trying to perfect their program interface, “GigaPan” project aims to provide extreme high-resolution panoramic photos that allows user to zoom in on and pan across at anytime. Besides virtual visiting, “Second Life” allows user to buy virtual property, virtual goods and interact with other users in these “virtual tour”. Although, the initial intention was to promote tourism, it became a quick getaway for those too busy to get away from their comfort homes. Another example is the Google’s Street View and related Web 2.0 technologies which provides users to “tour” the city and watch created video at specific points. With the help of YouTube, users can also embed video on YouTube onto Google Maps service to produce interactive environment for new users (virtual tourists). This trend has grown extensively that some companies such as K Zero claim to be the "resident expert in virtual world" that offers many related articles for keen visitor.
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