国外虚拟现实技术在旅游中应用的研究综述

Review of the Application of Virtual Reality Technology in Tourism in Foreign Countries

虚拟现实技术作为近些年来新兴的一门技术,已经渗透到人们的生产和生活领域。如今,随着技术的发展进步,虚拟现实技术对旅游业的影响也日益明显。本文就近50年虚拟现实与虚拟旅游的文献进行梳理与研究,讨论了虚拟现实的定义和虚拟现实技术的发展,按时间顺序梳理虚拟旅游文献,总结出虚拟旅游的四个发展阶段。最后归纳了现有的发展与不足,并提出未来发展的一些建议。

Virtual reality technology,as a new technology in recent years,has penetrated into people＇s life. Nowadays,with the development of technology,virtual reality technology has exerted more and more influences on tourism. This paper studies and sorts the literature on virtual reality and virtual tourism during the past 50 years,and discusses the definition of virtual reality and the development of virtual reality technology. The paper sorts out the literature chronologically and sums up four development stages of the virtual tourism. Finally the paper summarizes the current development and deficiencies in the virtual tourism and puts forward some suggestions for its future development.