VRWAY is headquartered in Lugano, Switzerland and has operations in various European countries. VRWAY was established in 1999 as a publisher of content-rich media for both print and the Internet.

In 2000, Apple’s iServices division worked closely with VRWAY research and development firm webidentity dot com to create the largest VR database-driven website on the Internet. The initial website, which featured 143 cities throughout Europe, was cited by Apple as being the first true 3rd generation website on the Internet, noting the state-of-the-art technologies such as Sun/Solaris hardware, Apache webserver and Webobjects application server.

In April 2001, VRWAY launched VRMag (www.vrmag.org), a highly regarded and popular bi-monthly online magazine dedicated to VR photography and travel. VArtist is a companion magazine dedicated to the VR industry and VR professionals. Publishing VRMag keeps us on our toes, requiring close contact with hundreds of professional VR photographers, software developers, equipment manufacturers and technology specialists.

In October 2003, VRWAY launched AROUNDER, a travel portal launched in successive cities throughout Europe. The first feature was Lugano, Switzerland, and has been followed with Athens, Barcelona, Copenhagen, Cologne, Cyprus, Florence, Milan, Monaco, Parma, Pisa, Rhodes, Rome, Venice, Zermatt. Coming soon are Amsterdam, Bellinzona, Berlin, Brussels, Helsinki, Lisbon, London, Luxemburg, Madrid, Oslo, Paris and Stockholm.

In December 2003, VRWAY launched a special website with sixteen fullscreen panoramas of the Vatican and its historical basilicas, accompanied by Gregorian chants performed by Mina Mazzini, Italy’s legendary diva. ‘Mina Sings in the Vatican’ has garnered praise throughout the Internet and has been referred to as ‘awe inspiring’.

In March 2004, VRWAY launched FullscreenQTVR.com, a thumbnail directory of high-quality fullscreen panoramas on the Internet. High-speed Internet users now have quick and easy visual access to thousands of virtual locations across the globe via a thumbnail directory of 360-degree, fullscreen QuickTime Virtual Reality panoramas. Shortly after, VRWAY launched a sub-site entitled ‘Extreme FullscreenQTVR’, which has become a big hit with bloggers worldwide.

In February 2005, VRBusinessGuide (www.vrbg.com), a thumbnail directory of Business related Virtual Tours was launched.

Towards the end of 2005, VRWAY launched its latest publication, PanoGames, dedicated to the world of video gaming. PanoGames is a new way of showing screenshots inside games, giving gamers a unique chance to “feel” inside the game using panoramic screenshots taken from the major titles on the market such as: Quake 4, GT Legends, Battlefield 2, HalfLife 2 and GTR-FIA GT Racing Game.