Have a beek at this - giving tourists a flavour of somewhere

Monday, 29 November 2010, 8:18 am
Article: sticK

Have a beek at this - giving tourists a flavour of somewhere they've never been before they decide to visit

(sticK - 29 Nov. 2010 ) When people are thinking of new places to go and visit, the internet's not the most inspiring place to check them out…..at least until now according to Ben Knill.

The developer of 'beek', an interactive destination guide, is on the lookout for investment capital to develop the next edition of his software widget which can sit on a hotel, attraction or restaurant's website, to make it easy for those thinking of visiting to check them out, as well as the surrounding area..

beek's special trick as such, is to enable a hotel for example, to show 3D immersive photos of its inside and allow an internet user to 'walk' through its premise. People can stroll into a bedroom, walk into the restaurant, check out the pages of a menu and wander outside through its front door, and down the street. They can keep on wandering, past the city sites, into other beek customer's front doors and premise, say a café, perhaps a ferry, and have a look

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