Educational Tourism through a Virtual Reality Platform | Zendy

Mario Martínez Zarzuela | Zendy; Francisco Javier Díaz Pernas | Zendy; Sergio Martín Calzón | Zendy; D. González-Ortega | Zendy; Míriam AntónRodríguez | Zendy

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Educational Tourism through a Virtual Reality Platform

Author(s) -

Mario Martínez Zarzuela,

Francisco Javier Díaz Pernas,

Sergio Martín Calzón,

D. González-Ortega,

Míriam AntónRodríguez

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

procedia computer science

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.334

H-Index - 76

ISSN - 1877-0509

DOI - 10.1016/j.procs.2013.11.047

Subject(s) - computer science , downtown , square (algebra) , tourism , virtual reality , human–computer interaction , augmented reality , user interface , interface (matter) , natural (archaeology) , multimedia , computer graphics (images) , world wide web , operating system , political science , law , geometry , mathematics , archaeology , bubble , maximum bubble pressure method , history

This article presents a Virtual Reality Serious Game that allows the user to increase the knowledge about the city of Valladolid in Spain. With this goal, the Main Square and some of the historic buildings in the downtown have been virtually recreated. We have taken advantage of the characteristic tiled floor of the town hall square to represent a game board. Different tiled floors are squares which hide questions behind. The user plays using a Natural User Interface based on Microsoft® Kinect

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