Travel Weekly Blog

Ages ago I waxed sceptical about travel agencies using 'holodecks' to demo destinations - an idea floated by the then TUI new media director Graham Donoghue (now at travelsupermarket.com).

I cited technical limitations:

In the unlikely event that the technology is able to completely mask the walls and contours of the room, it would require the customer to stay stock still, since moving around would leave them suffering from simulator sickness and/or a bump on the noggin from one of the now-invisible walls.

Well, I have two-and-a-half words for you: omni-directional treadmill.

Set phasers to 'aaaah'...

Nathan Midgley, web producer