Your next "staycation" at Marriott Hotels could now include a virtual reality trip. The hotel chain has just teamed up with Samsung to test virtual reality room service for its guests for two weeks.
According to Fortune, Marriott Hotel is set to launch virtual reality headsets in its two branches: the New York Mariott Marquis and the London Marriott Park Lane. Through the VR headsets, the hotels will offer guests what they call "Vroom Service."
The service allows guests to borrow Samsung VR headsets for 24 hours, which are designed for use with the Samsung's Milk VR platform. The headsets include three videos dubbed as "VR postcards" and feature three different travelers in three different places: Chile, Rwanda and Beijing.
Through the videos, guests can enjoy amazing sceneries right in the comfort of their rooms. The 360-degree videos come in full 3D, which is designed to be "holistic and experiential" for guests, according to Michael Dail, Marriott's VP of global brand marketing.
"Our guests want to be in inventive spaces that help foster their creativity and thinking," said Matthew Carroll, vice president, Marriott Hotels, as quoted by Digital Trends. "VRoom combines storytelling with technology, two things that are important to next generation travelers."
"The Samsung Gear VR headset was developed with Facebook's Oculus VR division. Marriott worked with Framestore's Virtual Reality Studio to develop the technologies and techniques used to create the VR Postcards," Variety reports.
Marriott Hotels is known for its dedication to improving its in-room amenities for guests, specifically the media and entertainment technologies, and the virtual reality room service is just one of them. According to Variety, back in summer, the company also teamed up with Netflix to allow subscribers staying at Marriott Hotels to log into their HDTVs and enjoy Netflix videos during their hotel stay.
