In a vintage film digitized on the Bernina Pass: Roarington beams classics into the modern age

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There may still be people who know Liechtenstein asset manager and financial advisor Fritz Kaiser (68) as the former co-owner of the Sauber F1 team. But for almost 25 years he has devoted himself mainly to the world of classic cars. Since 2016, Kaiser has been publishing the yearbook “The Key”, which includes many stories from the world of classics and a list of the top 100 rare classic car collectors. And this list shows this: The average age of very wealthy classic car collectors is 73.

“He’s too old,” says Fritz Kaiser. Therefore, he demands: “We must ensure that the younger generation becomes more and more excited about classic cars and introduce them to the classic world.” With his company, Roarington, and the namesake city in the Metaverse, Kaiser is contributing to the sustainable future of the classic car in the new digital age. Roarington sees himself as a bridge builder between real and virtual life around classic cars.

Real and virtual car trading

If you enter the virtual town of Roarington with VR glasses, you will meet avatars of like-minded classic car lovers, businessmen and racing drivers. You can have fun in virtual simulators, look at and also interact with valuable and rare vehicles; So you can open the doors or the hood and get behind the wheel. Particularly interesting: You can trade vintage cars from the real and digital world on the market.

Roarington’s appearance at Auto Zurich next week is more worldly. Two vintage car simulators with wooden steering wheels, manual gear shifting and three pedals designed by Zagato and Pininfarina invite fair visitors to drive virtual routes. Roarington has meticulously digitized the Bernina Pass race track, including a breathtaking Alpine panorama exclusively for Auto Zurich.

150,000 francs for the simulator and digital twin

Idea: Wealthy customers can buy special driving simulators for 128,000 francs each; for example, to integrate them into expensive classic car collections as a nice toy. This appeal can be increased further: for an additional 19,000 francs upon request, Roarington will digitize real vintage cars in minute detail using a complex process and sell the virtual unique product with a “matching number” to the original. Certified high quality box. So by using the simulator with a digital twin from their real classic car collection, the Roarington customer can safely drive around the world’s virtual racetracks without worrying about losing the good stuff.

For example, Fritz Kaiser drove his classic Porsche car to St. He first digitized it to avoid endangering it before it was used in a winter rally in St. Moritz, then practiced with the digitized original on the snow-covered virtual track in the simulator. Engadine. Buying the simulator and digitizing an original vehicle is still cheaper for wealthy classic car enthusiasts, costing just under 150,000 francs if they really want to put their real million-dollar treasure on the line.

Source: Blick