Is a VR site survey as good as an on-site survey?
Is a VR site survey as good as an on-site survey?

As VR onsite inspections continue to improve as the technology improves—and more venues join in on VR onsite inspections—are meeting planners ready to ditch the IRL version? Walk the show floor at any convention industry conference and you're bound to see at least one convention and visitors bureau offering a fun and snazzy virtual reality (VR) city tour that soars above skyscrapers and zooms in on close-ups of convention centers. While they can be a fun gimmick for trade shows, most agree that VR's most obvious applicability is for virtual site inspections. Planners who are always pressed for time like this idea, and with more and more hotels and conference centers offering VR site survey options, can VR site surveys really replace real-life site surveys? Few would argue that VR live inspections are no better than viewing still images or even videos on a website, as they do give you a fully rendered 360-degree, more immersive experience than images alone.…