Comparativa de herramientas de simulación virtual, aplicadas al recorrido de las Ruinas de Baños del Inca en el cantón el Tambo.

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to pose a comparative study of Unity 3D and Unreal Engine 4 for the tour of ruinas de Baños del Inca in the canton of Tambo, province of Cañar so as to determine the best game engine. Unique, didactic and realistic virtual worlds were designed to allow users to interact. The constant comparative method of qualitative analysis was used. The following comparative parameters were analyzed: hardware and software requirement, physics, development platform, supported platform, documentation, programming language, funding, software interface, performance, graphic quality, libraries, asset management, common tools, common formats, virtual platform, animation, simulation and development. The parameters were evaluated to 100% using a statistical chart. As a result, it was determined that Unreal Engine 4 is the best engine due to its features. Both engines are excellent for this kind of project since they are kind of similar, but still different. Of its realistic graphics, Unreal Engine 4 is the best engine and one of the most advanced. This project aims to visualize the location through the virtual tour so that tourists visiting Complejo Arqueológico Baños del Inca can know about it using digital media. We recommend that graphic designers use Unreal Engine 4 because their projects will be done faster, that is, its graphic engine is intuitive and easy to be used. Blueprint visual scripting allows users not to need to know basic programming.