Augmented Reality Mobile Tourism Application

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2014

Authors

Flávio Pereira (Author) Other; Daniel Castro Silva (Author) FEUP; Pedro Henriques Abreu (Author) Other; António Pinho (Author) Other

Conference proceedings International

Title: NEW PERSPECTIVES IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES, VOL 2

Pages: 175-185

World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (WorldCIST)

Funchal, PORTUGAL, APR 15-18, 2014

Indexing

ISI Web of Knowledge - 1 Citation

Scopus - 3 Citations

Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Electrical engineering, Electronic engineering, Information engineering

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-009-C2H

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-05948-8_17

Abstract (EN): The growing use of smartphones has revolutionized the way people live, fostering the use of mobile application in the most diverse situations. These applications take advantage of the mobile device's capabilities to provide the user with useful and contextualized information, being equipped with increasingly intuitive interfaces, and offering richer contents in an attractive manner. Augmented reality emerges as one of the technologies that can be used in these applications, allowing for an improved user experience. This paper describes a tourism-oriented mobile application, in this case to be used in a botanical garden, which uses current mobile device's capabilities to provide the visitor with several ways to obtain the desired information. The results obtained from this application are shown, including images of the implemented features, and highlighting the results related to the use of augmented reality.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 11