Points of interest in the city of Barcelos in Portugal through augmented reality
Barcelos is a historic city in Portugal with many tourist attractions, attracting more and more visitors who come to the city with the aim of exploring it. The main objective of this article is to boost tourism in the city of Barcelos, specifically highlighting tourist, historical and leisure spots,...
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| description | Barcelos is a historic city in Portugal with many tourist attractions, attracting more and more visitors who come to the city with the aim of exploring it. The main objective of this article is to boost tourism in the city of Barcelos, specifically highlighting tourist, historical and leisure spots, based on the development of a mobile application using augmented reality technologies and geolocation. This application intends to allow the users to know historical points of interest in Barcelos, as well as interact with a certain point. The results of this investigation were evaluated by testing the application by end users, with the aim of identifying whether the application meets their needs, in particular the promotion of tourist and historical points. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e500e82d4614419789fa067179c456fd2025-01-27T04:22:32ZengKeAi Communications Co., Ltd.Internet of Things and Cyber-Physical Systems2667-34522024-01-0144048Points of interest in the city of Barcelos in Portugal through augmented realityMiguel Pereira0João Carlos Silva1Marisa Pinheiro2Sandro Carvalho3Gilberto Santos4Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave, Barcelos, PortugalPolytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave, Barcelos, Portugal; 2Ai – Applied Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Barcelos, PortugalINESC TEC - Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering, Porto, PortugalPolytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave, Barcelos, Portugal; 2Ai – Applied Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Barcelos, Portugal; LIACC - Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science, Porto, PortugalPolytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave, Barcelos, Portugal; Corresponding author.Barcelos is a historic city in Portugal with many tourist attractions, attracting more and more visitors who come to the city with the aim of exploring it. The main objective of this article is to boost tourism in the city of Barcelos, specifically highlighting tourist, historical and leisure spots, based on the development of a mobile application using augmented reality technologies and geolocation. This application intends to allow the users to know historical points of interest in Barcelos, as well as interact with a certain point. The results of this investigation were evaluated by testing the application by end users, with the aim of identifying whether the application meets their needs, in particular the promotion of tourist and historical points.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667345223000457Mobile applicationsAugmented realityTourismGeolocation |
| spellingShingle | Miguel Pereira João Carlos Silva Marisa Pinheiro Sandro Carvalho Gilberto Santos Points of interest in the city of Barcelos in Portugal through augmented reality Internet of Things and Cyber-Physical Systems Mobile applications Augmented reality Tourism Geolocation |
| title | Points of interest in the city of Barcelos in Portugal through augmented reality |
| title_full | Points of interest in the city of Barcelos in Portugal through augmented reality |
| title_fullStr | Points of interest in the city of Barcelos in Portugal through augmented reality |
| title_full_unstemmed | Points of interest in the city of Barcelos in Portugal through augmented reality |
| title_short | Points of interest in the city of Barcelos in Portugal through augmented reality |
| title_sort | points of interest in the city of barcelos in portugal through augmented reality |
| topic | Mobile applications Augmented reality Tourism Geolocation |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667345223000457 |
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