Wonders of the World Simulation Program by Virtual Reality

Abstract

Wonders of the World Simulation Program by Virtual Reality was created to design and build up four 3D tourist destination models, namely, Eiffel Tower, Petra, Great Pyramid of Giza, and Stonehenge. Unreal Engine 4 was used to simulate these locations and their surroundings in order to help tourists select a destination for their vacation. Twenty samples were recruited to participate in this study, based on a voluntary basis. The results demonstrated that the participants were very satisfied with the appropriateness of the models in the scenes (mean = 4.6/SD = 0.50). The simple operating system was highly rated among the experts (mean = 4.5/SD = 0.75). The atmospheric features, sound effects, and simulated scenes of these four Wonders, in general, provided users novel experiences and realistic feelings.