Niavaran complex offers virtual reality tour

Tehran-based Niavaran Cultural Historical Complex has launched a series of virtual tours for its visitors.   

According to the director of the historical site, the virtual tours have been created as a way of making the royal palaces more accessible and giving tourists a chance to visit the historical structure.

New technologies such as augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) were employed to launch the online visits.

Constructed in the 19th and 20th centuries during the Pahlavi and late Qajar eras, the Niavaran Cultural Historical Complex encompasses several landmark buildings, museums, and monuments. 

The palace was built as a summer residence over the then countryside area of the capital under the order of Fath-Ali Shah of the Qajar Dynasty some 280 years ago.

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