Travelling is fun as it lets us experience all sorts of new encounters, like a hike through a jungle, shopping at a foreign country’s supermarket, interacting with the locals, watching a cultural dance, and so on. Well if you’d like to experience all of that but don’t have the budget for it, fret not because an Indiegogo campaign is here to help you experience all of that from the comfort of your couch.
Dubbed Omnipresenz, the idea is basically where users to get “control” real-life avatars which are basically other people from other parts of the world wearing a camera-equipped helmet. For a small fee a month, users will get to spend a couple of hours a week with their avatar and instruct them to perform certain activities.
This can range from walking around the city, going to the beach, or even taking part in a treasure hunt designed by its creators. However if you’re willing to spend more money, users can have a virtual date with their avatars, and if you don’t mind dropping even more money, you can experience an intimate connection with them where users can “be a little kinky”, if you know what we mean.
Of course avatars are free to reject assignments that they deem are inappropriate or that they’re not comfortable with. All of this will depend on who you get and how open-minded they are. It’s an intriguing concept and we suppose in some way it could be looked at as your own personal virtual tour guide. If you’d like to learn more, check out the video above and you can also pledge your support by going to its Indiegogo page.
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