UMS LOCATION-BASED AUGMENTED

REALITY TOUR MOBILE APPLICATION

Introduction: Attractions:
 Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) is one of the most popular
tourist destinations when visiting Kota Kinabalu, Sabah with
the average 1000 tourists per day.
 Tourists experience some difficulties in finding their
directions, useful information and the nearest facilities such
as toilets and cafes around the campus.
 Tourists also faced difficulties on finding recommended and
nearest location that should be visiting first that can cause
time-wasting.
 This application later on can be installed in their smartphone
for easy access while having tour around Universiti Malaysia
Sabah.  Users can view the information in different but attractive way using
 Tourists can having an enjoyable trip with the virtual reality Augmented Reality (AR) features once they reach the exact location.
features along their journey that gives real experience being
in that place.
 Geolocation technique for Location-based Augmented
Advantages:
Reality technology is embedded in this application to provide User:
the tourists the exact directions and distances for all of the  This tour apps provide helps that tourist need such as location details,
main attractions listed and also location for the nearest information, operating hours, nearest attractions and emergency
facilities. It will also help the users to view the real- time numbers. This apps is user-friendly and easy to use even for the first
information and know user current locations to the next timer user.
destinations. Society:
 Tourist can gain more information around the campus and learn about
the culture in Sabah. As they can quickly view attractive information
Objectives: using AR it will surely increase the demand on tourism industry.
 To design and develop an Android-based tour guide
application that allow users to view attraction places in UMS;
and-.
 To implement a location-based Augmented Reality using
Geolocation technique in mobile application; and-
Commercial Value:
 To evaluate the usability of the developed mobile application  This mobile application is develop so it can be useful for tourist to visit
to the user by distributing questionnaires to tourists around UMS by themselves without the help of an actual guide. This will
the campus. contribute to the tourism industry in UMS.

Implementation:
CHOOSE SELECT NAVIGATE CHECK OUT
any menu any given attractions yourself using the map the information using AR

(GL) SITI HASNAH BINTI TANALOL hasnah@ums.edu.my

NORHAYATI DAUT ndaut@ums.edu.my
ASLINA BAHARUM aslina@ums.edu.my
ASNI TAHIR asnieta@ums.edu.my
DATU RAZALI DATU ERANZA drde@ums.edu.my
SITI AISYAH BINTI MOHD YASSIN BI17110146@student.ums.edu.my

FAKULTI KOMPUTERAN DAN INFORMATIK, UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH