Problem description

Often, many people are unable to afford to visit certain places. For example, traveling to exotic countries, shopping in remote places or just visiting different countries to participate in cultural and other activities. This is due to: lack of enough finances, busy schedules, physical impairments and other unforeseen circumstances such as, the COVID 19 pandemic. Our project can solve all of these problems. With it's help, people will be able to travel in space without leaving the confines of their homes or offices, feeling the whole range of experiences and impressions as if they were truly present in all these, even the most hidden and exotic places.

We offer an innovative solution

Our project is a platform that helps people who would like to visit certain places on Earth for different purposes. To do this, they need to pick up an avatar, with the help of special equipment or smartphone, which is readily available to most people. By choosing an avatar, the client can control its movement using simple manipulations, route and even behaviour in certain places and circumstances. At the same time, thanks to the control and additional special equipment, the client will be able to feel the full effect of presence in real time. The project can also offer ready-made solutions in the form of programms of visits to traditional events or excursions

Registration

This platform helps people who are planning to travel to different places for various reasons : tourist travel, business travel and attending major events in different parts of the world. The first step is to register on our website. If you want to join as an avatar, specify the model of your special equipment or smartphone. Then, determine the place and purpose of the trip. Everyone needs to download the software, which is available for PC or Android smartphones.

Choose a place and an avatar.

Avatar in Sanskrit, refers to the bearer of the divine spirit in the material world. In this project, avatar represents a virtual person with a special equipment. This creates the impression of a tourist being in the desired location virtually. Thus, the goal of the avatar Tour project is to create opportunities for virtual travel around the world. Avatar Tour is not restricted to a client's location. A client from Germany can order a visit to the Sahara, a client from Japan can visit Siberia and a client from Ukraine can attend an opening ceremony to the festival in Cannes.

Connection

With the avatar, the client can control it's movement by using simple manipulations, route and even behaviour in certain places and circumstances. You can use a regular personal computer, smartphone or virtual reality glasses to control it. The degree of control may vary depending on the avatar equipment. The simplest option is a smartphone with a headset. The smartphone can be held by hand, mounted on the body or at the head and with the earphone, the avatar will receive control commands.

Travel.

User control commands are transmitted to the server, where they are stored as the command itself. The status and degree of accuracy of its implementation is made possible to keep statistics, virtual travel and to automatically determine the rating of the avatar and the rating of its equipment. Also, if the avatar equipment allows, GPS statistics and various technical information will be stored in the travel statistics, which can be linked to Google maps to create videos of cities and landscapes at each coordinate point. At the end of the trip, avatar can upload high quality videos to your personal account, which can be downloaded by the user if desired.

Our customers can be divided into two groups:

Travellers:

• Those who for various reasons cannot afford to travel offline due to busy schedules, lack of enough finances or physical impairments.
• Тravellers who would like to get acquainted with their desired destinations, for the purposes of inspecting. For example, the cities or hotels independently without outside influence from advertisements.
• These can be businessmen, investors or regular retail buyers, who would like to get a detailed familiarization with the object of purchase before making decisions.
• Companies representatives planning to attend exhibitions, lectures and workshops to promote their goods and services or to meet existing and potential new clients.
• Religious leaders who would like to visit holy places or attend religious ceremonies.
• People who are seeking new experiences, such as, virtual travel or virtual games in real locations with real avatars.

Significance:

• Anybody can become an avatar and potentially start and grow a business off of it.
• Helps professional guides who maybe unable to visit certain places, to offer their ready-made sightseeing, entertainment and educational programms.
• Promotes significant tourist attraction sites to the world community.
• Helps in promoting business platforms, exhibition centers, lecture halls and conference rooms.
• Gambling facilities like casinos, escape rooms and competition venues can attract and access remote customers.