No matter if you want to visit an art exhibition, enjoy entertainment offers, go shopping, or even visit a fitness class, you can now do all of this and more without having to leave your house. Thanks to a plethora of digital offers, you can experience a large variety of everyday activities virtually via a live stream online. It’s never been easier to keep yourself entertained at home.
Cultural experiences at home
From local museums to art galleries from around the globe, digital platforms now make it possible to enjoy cultural experiences from the comfort of your home. Cultural institutions have started to embrace the advantages of the World Wide Web to bring their exhibitions to a much wider audience. Google’s platform for virtual tours, Google Arts & Culture, offers an extensive library of digitalised cultural and historical exhibitions, art galleries, and more from both renowned and smaller institutions around the world – from The National Library of Wales to the Sydney Opera House. Several museums in Wales have embraced the new trend and created their own online presence and digital events. The National Museum Wales, Amgueddfa Cymru, for instance, offers different types of virtual visits online that allow live discussions with museum curators and staff. The museum also holds digital events and lectures that people can attend virtually, no matter where they are. Other renowned museums such as the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam offer an extensive online library with videos as well as live-streamed tours through the museum to experience the famous exhibitions interactively from anywhere. Now you can visit exhibitions in Sydney, Amsterdam, Wales, and much more within a day without even having to leave your house.
Virtual entertainment streamed live online
Many types of entertainment, which used to primarily take place offline, have now found their way into the digital space. To visit a concert and experience your favourite band or artist, you no longer necessarily need to fly across the country or the world to visit their concert in person. With the emergence of virtual concerts, many artists now stream concerts live online, allowing fans from around the globe to enjoy their performances virtually. Even traditional forms of entertainment such as casino games can nowadays be experienced online. Many online casinos have emerged on the web, offering a plethora of casino games to players online. Experts review and rate the best platforms where players from specific regions can play slots and table games. Many of the top-rated platforms offer live dealer games, where players connect to a real dealer via a live stream to experience a lifelike gaming experience from home. Other games have also been digitalised through live streams. Escape games, which have seen a big hype in recent years as escape rooms appear in many locations around the world, can now be played virtually. Teams of players can connect with a guide through a live video call, who will guide them through the escape game experience, as players try to solve the mysteries and puzzles from the comfort of their homes.
Visiting the gym or the mall without leaving the house
In today’s digital age, you don’t have to visit the mall anymore to go shopping, or make your way to the gym for a fitness class. Both activities can now easily be accessed through live streams online. Live stream shopping originated in China and has slowly made its way into the West and is now widely available online. On live shopping platforms such as Amazon Live you can watch a streamer present all kinds of products in a live video. You can ask questions and interact with the host and audience, while purchase buttons within the video allow you to place an order seamlessly while watching. With the interactivity of the experience, online shopping turns into a more engaging experience that you can share with others in real-time. In a similar way, you can even join fitness classes online. Many gyms offer online fitness classes that can be attended both via a live video stream or on demand, bringing the fitness coach into your home and making it much easier to stick to your fitness routine.
Virtual offers of all kinds of daily activities have found their way into the digital realm in recent years. Live streams offer an innovative and interactive way to enjoy cultural experiences, entertainment, and even shopping and fitness classes from the comfort of your home.
