Open AccessOPPORTUNITIES OF USING NEW TECHNOLOGIES (VR/AR) IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THE ACCESS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES TO TOURIST PRODUCTS
Author(s) -
Gheorghe Epuran,
Alina Simona Tecău,
Cristinel Constantin,
Bianca Tescaşiu,
Ioana Bianca Chițu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
bulletin of the "transilvania" university of braşov. series v, economic sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2065-2208
pISSN - 2065-2194
DOI - 10.31926/but.es.2020.13.62.2.6
Subject(s) - tourism , augmented reality , order (exchange) , virtual reality , face (sociological concept) , computer science , destinations , multimedia , human–computer interaction , business , sociology , geography , social science , archaeology , finance
"This paper has the goal of aims at identifying the main barriers that people with disabilities face when they travel, especially for tourism purposes, in order to find solutions to facilitate their access to services in tourism. In this respect, a qualitative research has been conducted, in which the opportunity of using Virtual Reality (VR) for obtaining information about the destination in advance has been tested. The results stress the need of the people with disabilities for better information before the visit, new technologies like Virtual Reality (VR) or Augmented Reality (AR) being considered a very good tool for exploring the accessibility of a potential tourist destination. These technologies can offer actual insights to destinations from the people’s home with minimum effort."