Epic Reality: New augmented reality travel app aims to highlight destinations’ Covid-19 policies

Epic Reality: New augmented reality travel app aims to highlight destinations’ Covid-19 policies

Like many things the coronavirus pandemic has changed, the men behind a new Dubai augmented reality travel app had to think of a new game plan.

When developers Ahmad Daneshwar and Daniel Ashtari first started work on Epic Reality in 2012, they wanted to revolutionise the way people travel. Using the power of AR, their app would give users real-time updates, such as ticket or table availability, when they simply point their smartphone camera at a location.

But, by the time they secured funding and were ready to launch last year, the pandemic had brought the tourism industry to a halt.

“The entire tourism