Features Future of 'extended reality' tourism is now When the coronavirus pandemic shut down travel around the world, some natural, historical and cultural sites saw it as a call to redouble their efforts to embrace extended reality, both to let people tour these destinations from afar and to develop meaningful new ways for travelers to experience them on-site, in hopes of luring them back after the health emergency eased. by The Washington Post Jul. 28 2021 @ 7:47pm This rendering shows how a student could visit a 3-D recreation of the city of Petra produced by TimeLooper in collaboration with the Petra Development and Tourism Region Authority. (Photo by Ceren Gultekin)