Virtual Tourism Application through 3D Walkthrough: Flor De La Mar
Mohd Rahmat Mohd Noordin, Ismassabah Binti Ismail, Muhammad Nur Aiman Bin Mohd Yahya · 2015
Tourism industry with well develop virtual tour is important to promote a country iconic places of interest such as Malacca.It is essential for Malacca as part of the tourism attraction to preserve the historical value for the tourist and also for the younger generation to learn from the history.Maritime Museum is one of the must-go-see places where it is built based on a Portuguese's ship that known as Flor de La Mar (FdLM).However, based on the site visit and the peer review that has been done, the existing virtual museum in Maritime Museum Malacca does not reflect the historical identity of the ship.In this paper, we will focus on development of FdLM 3D walkthrough application that would enhance the existing virtual museum with virtual and augmented reality implementation.Results from the evaluation have shown positive feedback where users are able to imagine the FdLM in real life and they prefer FdLM 3D Walkthrough compared to the existing virtual museum.Thus FdLM 3D Walkthrough application shall be adapted in the future to the Maritime Museum Malacca as tourist attraction.