Virtual world/Social Web in Tourism
Preetam Rai
About Me
TRAVEL TOOLS
Get your own customized travel guide at offbeat guides
you can get digital or print travel guide
many travel guides are appearing on the iPhone
Trivop does video guide for hotels
Wingbus from Korea aggregates travel stories from blogs
You can create video guides for your city using Google maps and YouTube videos
VIRTUAL WORLDS
Attending events
Working with students on Virtual World projects
Virtual words lets us play with space
you(visitor) appears as an avatar
You interact with other avatars (voice, text and gestures)
CHINA - HipihiJAPAN, Rest of Asia - Second Life
Europe- Second Life
Popular Virtual Worlds
Virtual Worlds in JAPAN
Second Life related books in Japanese bookstores
Second Life related books in Japan
Kansai Island on Second Life used by the tourism authority
Visiting the Kansai Island
Shopping at the Kansai Island
Buying clothes for my avatar at another Japanese island
Buying clothes for my avatar at another Japanese island
Buying clothes for my avatar at another Japanese island
Buying clothes for my avatar at another Japanese island
Asakusa in Second Life
Asakusa in Real Life
Shimokitazawa (a youth-fashion district of Tokyo) in Second Life
Posted by Second Life Resident Ina Centaur. Visit Shimokitazawa.via Flickr user inacentaurdump
Shimokitazawa in Real Life
Popular Japanese bookstore Book Off in Second Life
via yoshihiro_wada’s Flickr page
Mobile Version of Second Life
OUTSIDE JAPAN
Greece
WHAT MORE ?