Philippine E-Journals

INTO THE CAMPUS: CREATING AN ANDROID-BASED INTERACTIVE VIRTUAL TOUR OF LA VERDAD CHRISTIAN COLLEGE – APALIT USING UNITY 3D

Ronmar E Calingasan | Jaison B Ramos | Elsie J Espinosa | Brigette C Casipagan | Stephanie C Alviar | Sharene T Labung | Jennifer V Aguilar | Romack L Natividad

 

Abstract:

In this study, the application, Into the Campus, was used as a visual tool in advocating the virtual and 3D technology to allow its user to experience the environment of La Verdad Christian College – Apalit chapter anywhere they want. The researchers used Google Sketchup, to create the 3D objects and buildings of the school. Unity 3D was used to merge the 3D objects and create the Virtual Tour and 3D Map feature of the application which shows the different parts of the school including its facilities and rooms, and also some information about the different objects inside the campus. The respondents of the survey conducted were from La Verdad students and non-students to measure the whole usability, functionality and accuracy of the mobile application. In the final results, it was shown that in the overall responses, the application would greatly help students, applicants and their parents to be familiarized with the appearance of the school and know the different basic application process of the school even before they visit the school personally which would help them make their application process faster, and convenient. This would also help the applicants with their decision making on applying to the school.