The tourists who are longing to visit Greece can still enjoy the magnificent views of the Meteora monasteries and even walk alongside the monks of Mount Athos using a new app called “VR Pilgrim.”
Giorgios Tsatsanidis, development director of VR Treasures, said that “when scientists around the world are working hard on medicine against virus, when people are facing a new reality with travel limitations and enforced space between them, we’d like to provide peace and comfort in the time when people seem to really need it”.
Starets Kirill, Archimandrite of the cell of St. Nicholaos Halkias of Mount Athos, who was directly involved in the filming process, said: “Two years ago, when we blessed VR Treasures for creation of virtual library about the treasures of Athos, no one could imagine how relevant this would become. In the actual situation, VR Pilgrim is the only opportunity to see the holy places with your own eyes”.
All content is shot in 360° video format, which allows users to fully immerse in the atmosphere of the Christian treasures. The project’s library is constantly growing and today accounts over 200 VR films from Greece, Italy and Lebanon.
Moreover, there are about 30 VR films where monks share their cooking recipes which over centuries were kept in secret. Interviewers’ stories and voice-over text in English, Greek, Russian and soon in Chinese let everyone find out many interesting facts that have never been published anywhere before.
VR360 Treasures is a technological company, which creates VR content and apps.