DEVELOPING AUGMENTED REALITY PLACES OF INTEREST APPLICATION OF UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI PETRONAS (UTP)

This report is a preliminary step onto developing Augmented Reality places of
interest application of Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP). As of 2007, UTP
holds the recognition with the prestigious Aga Khan Award for Architecture in
Malaysia. Having said that, domestic as well as international visitors annually visit
UTP to apprehend the unique and award winning design of its campus. But the
current problem which persists for visitors is the need for a guide and lack of a
general source of information regarding the university's campus during their visits.
With such problem in place, it is therefore extremely pivotal to have an Augmented
Reality mobile application that will help them find significant places within the
campus itself. This allows them to explore the entire university through their mobile
phones and have useful information at the touch of their fingertips. The project will
involve several phases; firstly the construction of the Augmented Reality application
itself, followed by the analysis and design of the rules for the Augmented Reality
application, the development of the Augmented Reality application, further testing
and finally the implementation of the Augmented Reality application. These
implementations, using the Rapid Application Development methodology with the
Prototyping approach was further refmed through the research and studies as well as
feedback obtained from colleagues until it appropriately meets the objectives.