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The future of travel and tourism: safe adventures, real-time guidance, and new frontiers

Trends in the Living Networks

Last week, as part of the ongoing weekly future series on the Morning Show, I spoke about the future of travel and tourism. Click on the image below to watch a video of the segment. A massive rise in sustainable tourism , with low impact hotels and activities and the opportunity to observe rare species.

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Virgin Galactic offers a peek inside SpaceShipTwo in VR, making its case in the space tourism race

GeekWire

This comes amid a rivalry with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture and fellow billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX for shares of a space tourism market that’s expected to grow to $3 billion annually by 2030. The headset gives you a visual taste of what those spacefliers will experience.

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Virtual reality storyteller creates project showcasing historically Black community in Seattle

GeekWire

The VR weaves together digital illustrations, historic photos and recent video interviews, with a narrator providing details. ” Barton conducted the historical research and interviews for the project, but is not herself a VR developer. She has ideas for applications in education and tourism promotions.

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9 questions about the missing Titanic submersible, answered

Vox

We’ll be updating this post as the story develops. Rush is an aerospace engineer with a well-documented love of deep sea exploration and designing experimental aircraft and modded submersibles (there’s been a lot of talk of how the Titan is maneuvered by a jerry-rigged video game controller ). How dangerous is deep sea tourism?

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Vergecast: Jeff Bezos in space, RCS on Verizon, and Biden on Big Tech

The Verge

The space tourism industry is stuck in its billionaire phase. Alex and Dieter discuss the video game handheld the Playdate, OnePlus’ Buds Pro, and Amazon’s latest announcements for developers on its Echo products. Blue Origin successfully sends Jeff Bezos and three others to space and back.

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9 questions about the missing Titanic submersible, answered

Vox

This is a developing story, and we’ll be updating this post as new information becomes available. Rush was an aerospace engineer with a well-documented love of deep-sea exploration and designing experimental aircraft and modded submersibles (there’s been a lot of talk of how the Titan was maneuvered by a modified video game controller ).

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Technology and human charm power new behind-the-scenes tours at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle

GeekWire

Multiple video boards at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle give way to tour-related information when fans are in the venue for guided walks. The new guided tours are designed to convey that information using a variety of video and audio enhancements, powered by a special tech interface and behind-the-scenes access.

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