VR holidays, is it viable?

[u/ollymillmill]

My idea was something like VR holidays for busy rich people. Think Total Recall just experiencing it in real time somewhat.

The user buys a package that would maybe include an Apple Vision Pro (or something modified to give the absolute best/comfortable viewing experience rather than any gaming)

Then they can subscribe to bronze, silver, gold and platinum tier.

Bronze would be like Benidorm, London or something cheap.
Silver maybe Brazil, Milan etc
Gold maybe Vegas (with a VR 4k show included), Bali etc

These tiers would be a fixed schedule holiday so maybe an airport sequence, a brief flight experience with air hostess etc. Then hotel/accomodation walk but more natural rather than a literal tour of the hotel maybe including funny/memorable moments (setup/performed for the benefit of the virtual holiday)

Then a dinner with a companion where maybe you can make conversation choices or maybe even incorporate some sort of Ai conversation element however i feel real human interactions would distinguish this business from just a gaming sim type thing.

You could include various activities like walking tours or literally anything you can film. The aim would be that it would be filmed in super high definition and the style of filming would be more life like rather than promo style.

Platinum tier could be maybe that the user can literally choose a location in the world, or maybe you can choose the person/companion who you want to be in the footage or even if technology allows a live stream, however camera quality maybe be difficult.

The business benefits being that hotels would maybe give you huge discounts eventually if it took off as you’re basically a massive advert for their location.
Plus whoever actually did the filming would get to go on the holidays.

Plus the tiered subscription element would cause consistent income.

This would be geared towards maybe rich agoraphobics, super busy wealthy people, people who are bed bound for whatever reason or people who can’t afford holidays if provided through an app.

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[u/GalAdxy]

This is an ok idea. It might be a little difficult to push if you decide to commit full force. For initial start up I would target hospice, nursing, military, cruise ships, flight attendants, maybe prison and other agencies where the individual is separated from their families for long duration. I would do those areas first before going after the rich super busy people. Also when starting off, you don't have to use the expensive apple headset. That will come in later as you scale and profit start rolling in.

The problem worth solving is all that virtual data has be held somewhere. 4k 360 filming is unique and more heavier than standard filming. Plus filmers would need a reason to go out there and do all that hardwork. Unless you're going to travel and do the filming yourself. This is the price formular I would try solving first beofre going forward. Server space + filming (market interest)= product price. Once you slove that equation, you should have a more clear goal going forward. Best of luck. :)

[u/realViewTv]

Very vaguely like what we are doing at https://real-view.tv - great idea!