VIA: A Virtual Informative Assistant for Smart Tourism

María Camila López, David Hernández, Andrés A. Navarro-Newball, Edmond C. Prakash

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Abstract

Tourism can be approached from the technological virtual continuum, calling it smart tourism which is related to cultural computing. To achieve that, we implemented an application for mobile devices to enrich the visit of locals and foreigners to the San Antonio neighbourhood in the city of Santiago de Cali, Colombia using concepts such as augmented reality, natural language processing and techniques such as speech-to-text, text-to-speech, skeletal animation and blend shapes. The main objective is to guide and inform about the neighbourhood in order to provide awareness of it as a heritage site. We developed the application following a software development cycle which included analysis, design, prototyping, implementation, and validation. Particularly, in validation, we performed unitary tests, functional tests and user tests. The resulting application was well received among participants in the test.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSmart Cities - 4th Ibero-American Congress, ICSC-Cities 2021, Revised Selected Papers
EditorsSergio Nesmachnow, Luis Hernández Callejo
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages15-30
Number of pages16
ISBN (Print)9783030967529
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022
Event4th Ibero-American Congress on Smart Cities, ICSC-CITIES 2021 - Cancun, Mexico
Duration: 29 Nov 202101 Dec 2021

Publication series

NameCommunications in Computer and Information Science
Volume1555 CCIS
ISSN (Print)1865-0929
ISSN (Electronic)1865-0937

Conference

Conference4th Ibero-American Congress on Smart Cities, ICSC-CITIES 2021
Country/TerritoryMexico
CityCancun
Period29/11/2101/12/21

Keywords

  • Augmented reality
  • Blend shapes
  • Cultural computing
  • Natural language processing
  • Skeletal animation
  • Smart tourism
  • Speech-to-text
  • Text-to-speech

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