Analysis and Implementation of Location-Based Augmented Reality Mobile Application for Searching Tourist Attractions and Culinary Places in Phnom Penh City, Cambodia

Main Authors: CHANPHEARITH, SOKTHAY, Santoso, Albertus Joko, Suyoto, .
Format: Article PeerReviewed Book
Bahasa: eng
Terbitan: Eighth Sense Research Grup , 2016
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Online Access: http://e-journal.uajy.ac.id/26697/1/11.%20Analysis%20and%20Impelmentation%20of%20Location-Based.pdf
http://e-journal.uajy.ac.id/26697/
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  • Mobile devices have become more popular and beneficial in today’s life because of the emergence of new functionalities. Beside the basic existing functions such as calling, messaging, mobile devices have been used in various tasks to help the user in their daily life activities such as finding locations; among others. Augmented reality is a new technology that integrates the virtual world of a smart phone with the real world of nearby locations as seen by the user. Location based services are playing an important role in a day-to-day life with a better enhancement of mobile and wireless technologies. Nowadays Augmented Reality (AR) and Location Based Service (LBS) have become more popular and have been developed in mobile device in various solutions. AR based LBS system on mobile devices are perfect companions for looking for a particular location. With the combination of AR and LBS, the application can display information on nearby landmarks along with directions to that location, and provide relevant information for the location. The aim of this paper is to describe about the android based application of integrated Augmented Reality and Location Based Service, which is implemented to provide the android mobile user to search tourist attractions, culinary places, map view and route of those places in Phnom Penh city, Cambodia. This application is conducted by using Wikitude SDK 5.2.0 and Google Maps API. According to system testing, the result indicates that the application usability assessment is achieved with a high rate 91.72%. This means that the Camtour AR application works well and be ready to be used in the market.