Sure, prices for doing this in VR are astronomical compared to photos today (the article mentions this being one of the “commercially insignificant this year” u

Sure, prices for doing this in VR are astronomical compared to photos today (the article mentions this being one of the “commercially insignificant this year” use cases). But knowing that the required technology, like 360° cameras, spatial mapping and easily “photoshopping” 3D spaces, will become cheaper down the road, it makes sense for hotels to do some pilots to being testing the higher-level applications of this.