The Mayor, Francisco Jodar, presented today at FITUR Virtual Tourist Office, which will serve visitors during the 24 hours 365 days a year just download the application and seek the OVT Layar Lorca.
The Mayor of Lorca, Francisco Jodar, presented today at FITUR Virtual Tourist Office, which will serve visitors during the 24 hours 365 days a year just download the application and seek the OVT Layar Lorca and thanks to which tourists can visit Lorca know in detail the history of more than 24 monuments and points of interest only to focus your smarphone.
Jodar explained that "eight months after the earthquake, the city of Lorca commitment to promote tourism to boost economic and cultural recovery and in this way has worked in solidarity to Media Phone that we will be designing this application enriched with catering establishments and business of the municipality ".
The Virtual Office of Tourism consists of layers of information in Augmented Reality (system whereby digital information added to the reality that we are seeing).
This information can be expanded via a mobile web application, which also serves to access services such as: extra information, citizen collaboration module, central reservations, module views ... All information is given visual form, more comfortable and useful for managing a mobile phone.
With this, the City has set up the Virtual Office of Tourism of Lorca, a simple yet comprehensive guidebook, through mobile phone to locate the main monuments, historic buildings, hotels, restaurants ... takes you to them and you gives explanations as audio guide.
It is also free and only need a Smartphone or a tablet.
With this application from your mobile, the user enters a simple application that opens the door to the "VIRTUAL OFFICE OF TOURISM" there.
This activates a camera phone, and superimposed on the actual image displayed all the tourist information available.
In the mobile screen will appear, superimposed on the real image, an icon for each of the points of interest around you on the radio that we select.
Using the filter option will appear only data groups of data points that interest you, such as places to sleep, eat, places to visit, etc..
Selecting one of the icons displayed on the screen opens a dropdown additional information and access to different actions, such as linking to a website, listen to voice-overs, see photos, videos, guide en route to walk or drive, etc..
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca