Philippine E-Journals

Android-Based Augmented Reality Tourist Guide Application

CHRISTINE W. PITOS

 

Abstract:

This scientific pursuit aimed to develop an Android-based Augmented Reality Tourists Guide Application to enable tourists to experience a visual presentation of tourist destinations in the province of Surigao del Sur, particularly in the BLOM (Barobo, Lianga, Otieza/San Agustin, Marihatag) areas. An Augmented Reality was designed to demonstrate a real-time view, yet artificially augmented information generated and overlaid by a specific computer system, including digital images, texts, and global positioning system location data. The application offered a three-dimensional panoramic virtual tour guiding the tourist destinations in both offline and online mode. The study employed a modified questionnaire to assess the usability of the developed mobile application. Results have shown that the Android-based Augmented Reality Tourists Guide yielded the highest level of acceptability with a grand mean of 90.52% in terms of effectiveness, efficiency, and satisfaction. Further, results reveal that the augmented tour guide application is an excellent digital platform offering travel information to tourists. Additionally, the study could potentially enhance the tourism experience through personalized services offered to meet each tourist’s unique needs and preferences.