Desarrollo de una aplicación de realidad virtual inmersiva a través de dispositivos Android para transportarse a la inauguración del Parque Maldonado en 1927.

Abstract

The aim of the research was to develop an immersive virtual-reality application to be transported to the inauguration of the Maldonado Park in 1927. Through the bibliographic-documentary methodology, the information gathered on the creation of virtual worlds and the processes for the development of mobile virtual-reality applications was analysed; as well as the important characters who participated in the opening event and the compositional details of the Maldonado park, its layout and surroundings. With the use of the SUM and the creation of virtual-worlds methodologies, the modelling and the 3D animation of the main elements were carried out. Emphasis was placed on the elaboration phase of the application's interactions. For the creation of the virtual-reality application, it was determined the use of the software development kit (SDK) of Google Cardboard that is compatible with the game platform Unity 3D 5.0, which allowed to convert normal scenes of Unity 3D into stereoscopic scenes of virtual reality. A parallel process was also developed to have the possibility to export and visualize in devices such as Oculus Rift. A presentation and a usability test of the application was made, which was presented to a focus group constituted with cultural managers, to measure the satisfaction and usability of the application. A 90% acceptance, when using the application, was obtained from the users, through which the feasibility of learning, efficiency, memorability and satisfaction is demonstrated. An 83% was obtained in the degree of immersion that users experienced when using the application. It is concluded that the use of the Google Cardboard SDK provides acceptable results to perform mobile virtual-reality applications. It is recommended to the developers of the virtual-reality application to approach the SUM methodology as a starting point and adapt it to their needs.