Authors :
Amal Sebastian; Remya Raju; Lija Alex; Sarju S; Afthab Nihar; Nikhit,S; Praseetha V M
Volume/Issue :
Volume 6 - 2021, Issue 7 - July
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Abstract :
VR-Kerala is an interactive tourism
application that offers an immersive experience to
tourists who visit Kerala with the help of Augmented
Reality and Artificial Intelligence. It offers an interactive
virtual guide to tourists.
The AR guide will walk through different locations
to guide tourists. The avatar facilitates both indoor and
outdoor navigation as well. It also gives a 360-degree
view of a multitude of places one would wish to travel, at
the comfort of their home. The K’Lens feature included
within the app identifies forts, monuments, etc that are
unknown to them by pointing the camera at it when they
reach a particular destination in Kerala. A multilingual
chatbot to assist travellers, and a back to home feature to
enable a tourist to trace back to home are additional
features. The app notifies them about weather, disease,
or any other cautionary alerts in their destinations. The
app also shows nearby facilities like toilets,
accommodations, restaurants, etc. The social impact
would be that it promotes tourism, creates a welcoming,
safe and helpful environment with a very interactive
medium.
Keywords :
Augmented Reality, AR guide, K’Lens, ChatBot, 360 Images, Multilingual
VR-Kerala is an interactive tourism
application that offers an immersive experience to
tourists who visit Kerala with the help of Augmented
Reality and Artificial Intelligence. It offers an interactive
virtual guide to tourists.
The AR guide will walk through different locations
to guide tourists. The avatar facilitates both indoor and
outdoor navigation as well. It also gives a 360-degree
view of a multitude of places one would wish to travel, at
the comfort of their home. The K’Lens feature included
within the app identifies forts, monuments, etc that are
unknown to them by pointing the camera at it when they
reach a particular destination in Kerala. A multilingual
chatbot to assist travellers, and a back to home feature to
enable a tourist to trace back to home are additional
features. The app notifies them about weather, disease,
or any other cautionary alerts in their destinations. The
app also shows nearby facilities like toilets,
accommodations, restaurants, etc. The social impact
would be that it promotes tourism, creates a welcoming,
safe and helpful environment with a very interactive
medium.
Keywords :
Augmented Reality, AR guide, K’Lens, ChatBot, 360 Images, Multilingual
