Volume 13 Issue 1/2 March 2016 Applied Research Notes 5

Peter Mesároš, Associate Professor, MSc., PhD.
Department of Construction Technology and Management Technical University of Kosice

Tomáš Mandičák, MSc.
Department of Construction Technology and Management Technical University of Kosice

Alena Mesárošová, MSc. Arch.
Manusamo & Bzika Art Group Polytechnica Valencia, Spain

Manuel Ferrer Hernandez, MSc.
Manusamo & Bzika Art Group Polytechnica Valencia, Spain

Branislav Kršák MSc., PhD.
Department of Geo and Mining Tourism, Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia.

Csaba Sidor, MSc.
Department of Geo and Mining Tourism, Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia.

Ľubomír Štrba, MSc., PhD.
Department of Geo and Mining Tourism, Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia.

Mário Molokáč, MSc., PhD.
Department of Geo and Mining Tourism, Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia,

Ladislav Hvizdák, MSc., PhD.
Department of Geo and Mining Tourism, Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia.

Peter Blišťan, Associate Professor, MSc., PhD.
Institute of Geodesy
Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia

Radoslav Delina, Associate Professor, MSc., PhD.
Department of Banking and Investment Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia


USE OF AUGMENTED REALITY AND GAMIFICATION TECHNIQUES IN TOURISM


Combining Augmented Reality (AR) and Gamification techniques, applications with ludic and education content can be created. In this article, the authors present the most outstanding examples of Augmented Reality application focused on tourism, as well, as their own Augmented Reality application NosfeRAtu. The application creates a virtual tour in the Orava Castle (Slovakia), where the users are accompanied by a virtual character based on a film personage Nosferatu. During the game, the users discover and learns about the marvellous places and a history of the castle as they complete the different quests.

Keywords: historical non-mining underground spaces, barrel vault as an element of historical underground construction, geotourism

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