Shark Reef at Mandalay Bay Debuts MotionVR Tours

Popular Las Vegas Tourist Attraction Enables Customers to Map Out Visit Online with Fully Integrated Website, Featuring Attraction Map, “Walk-Through” Tours, and Amazing Photography; Realistic, Interactive Experience Brings Shark Reef to Life … Online

Debuting more than 70 realistic “walk-through” tours, MotionVR, LLC (www.motion-vr.com) today announced that Shark Reef Aquarium, located at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, will be the first tourist attraction in the U.S. to debut MotionVR Tours.  Now, potential visitors to Shark Reef Aquarium can map out their visit online, with a fully integrated website that features an attraction map, walk- through tours, amazing sea life photography, and more.  This realistic, interactive experience brings Shark Reef to life, on the computer screen.

The most realistic “walk-through” motion tours ever developed, MotionVR Tours has data to show it has an enormous impact on web marketing, as consumers visiting a website featuring the proprietary tours are captivated for an average of more than four additional minutes per stay.  MotionVR Tours of Shark Reef Aquarium now are available at http://www.motion-vr.com/mbsr/shark/shark_reef.html.

Using hi-tech, yet simple-to-use navigation tools, MotionVR Tour technology allows visitors to Shark Reef Aquarium’s website to walk through the aquarium entrance, up to exhibit windows, through the crocodilian exhibit, and even walk right up to the glass of the Komodo Dragon’s lair, the newest, hottest Shark Reef attraction.  In addition, visitors can obtain the most advanced 360-degree views of sea life without distortion, or a “fisheye” effect, to most successfully showcase the unique exhibits and features of the popular tourist attraction. 

“Visitors to Las Vegas who are considering the Shark Reef experience now can log on to the aquarium’s website and get a realistic ‘sneak peak’ of the amazing underwater adventure that awaits them,” said Dan Tilton, Vice President of Sales, MotionVR, LLC.  “Based on the incredible response to the MotionVR Tours of Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, we expect that the aquarium tours will enjoy the same positive consumer feedback, and set the bar for other tourist attractions.”
Unlike standard virtual tour providers, MotionVR walk-through tours do not utilize photo-stitching software, which can lead to distorted images and patchiness.  Instead, a series of high-resolution photographs are taken using high-tech cameras, which sit on a tripod and a custom MotionVR dolly.  Using a proprietary software process, MotionVR creates a technologically advanced “walk-through” environment or tour.  Conveniently, MotionVR enables anyone to walk through a property or venue, with the only requirement being a standard web browser with the Adobe Flash plug-in installed … which is found today on 98% of all home computers.

In addition to Mandalay Bay and other leading properties in the hotel and hospitality industry, MotionVR Tours have become extremely popular among realtors, home builders and property management companies, as well as a quickly evolving showcase technology for yacht companies, trade shows and museums, among other industries.  For more information about Mandalay Bay, log on to www.mandalaybay.com.  For more information about MotionVR, log on to www.motion-vr.com.  

About MotionVR                                                                                                                                                               
MotionVR, LLC, which is based in Sarasota, Florida, has developed a proprietary technology that is redefining today’s 360º online virtual tour business.  The Company, which currently services the residential and commercial real estate, property management, hospitality, golf, museum, RV and timeshare industries, among many others, delivers proprietary technology to create walk through tours, providing online website visitors with a “real” perspective of what they would actually see if visiting the property, venue or facility.  For more information, visit www.motion-vr.com.

About Mandalay Bay                                                                                                                                                                       
Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, a AAA Four Diamond Award-winning destination resort, is set on 60 lush acres and offers 3,635 newly remodeled rooms and suites, including 424 accommodations managed by Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts.  Mandalay Bay Beach, an 11-acre tropical pool environment, features real California sand, a wave pool and the only climate-controlled, poolside gaming in the city.  The property also features the 12,000-seat Mandalay Bay Events Center, award-winning restaurants, Shark Reef Aquarium and the 1.5-million-square-foot Mandalay Bay Convention Center – the largest convention center on the Las Vegas Strip.  Mandalay Bay’s brands include THEhotel, an all-suite hotel which features 1,117 luxurious one-bedroom suites, the BATHHOUSE Spa, and Mandalay Place, a collection of unique boutiques and restaurants.  Mandalay Bay is a wholly owned subsidiary of MGM Mirage™.  For more information and reservations, visit the web site at www.mandalaybay.com, or call toll free (877) 632-7000.