Not too much new in this update since we have not been traveling recently. We have spent that time to begin a thorough review each of the 54 tours to ensure all of the links are active, as well as cleaning up grammatical errors. We have nearly finished cleaning up the desktop tours and this month and will soon commence reviewing the VR Tours. During this time period we have also been investigating the use of AI-generated voices. We took an audio clip of each of our voices and used elevenlabs.io to generate a likeness of our voices. The result is a bit unnerving. My AI voice is in the opening splash screen of the VR Roman Forum tour, while the audio narration of the tour is a text to speech process using Tracy's cloned voice. While we think the "real" voices are better (when we are in good form), the difference is smaller than we would have ever guessed!
The website has now passed 14,500 visitors, so it would seem some people have found the site valuable in their trip planning, and we hope you will too. And, please, share this site with anyone who might have an interest in these travel destinations
Again, here are the different sections of our webpage:
- Legacy Links:
the pre-2010 web pages which have undergone rennovation,
divided into Personal
and Travel
archives. These are colored aqua
- New Links:
featuring websites that were completed (or partially
completed) by 2010 but not uploaded, as well as current
travels. These are colored beige
- Virtual Traveler:
takes advantage of cameras that can capture 360-degree
photos to produce immersive tours on both your desktop or
laptop, as well as via VR Tours (accessed by scanning a QR
Code) that use Google Cardboard or similar Virtual Reality
headsets (along with your smartphone) for a fully
immersive experience. These are a reddish hue
Tracy and Dale
Something not working? Email us at
VirtualTraveler@hotmail.com. (Please copy and paste this
address into your email program).
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Tour Florence, the "Cradle of the
Renaissance" -
Take a Virtual Tour of Angkor Wat
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Experience the Beauty of the Taj
Mahal -
Soak in
the Colonial Charm of San Miguel de Allende -
Explore the Ancient Ruins of
Polonnaruwa -
Immerse
Yourself in Bagan, "The Land of a Thousand
Temples" -
Venture
into Kuala Lumpur's Batu Caves -
Marvel at Mughul Emperor Akbar's
Capital City of Fathepur Sikri -
Learn the History of the Emerald
Buddha at Wat Phra Kaew
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 Archived Travel Page |
 New Links |
 The Virtual Traveler |
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album of our marriage in 1999 and subsequent destinations: Beirut, Singapore, and now Kuala Lumpur. |
A catalogue of our
pre-2011 trips to Europe, the Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia |
Recently uploaded
travels from Croatia and Slovenia, plus local KL attractions |
A
site dedicated to 360 degree immersive tours, including those made for virtual reality headsets |
November 2024 Update
More to come. . .
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Virtual
Tour for November: Shensoji Naritasan
Temple
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