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This article proposes the develop of a dynamic virtual environment that with the consumption of real time data about the state of a place, offer an immersion to the tourist like be at the desired location. The development implements a communication and loader structure from many information sources, manual information data loaded from mobile devices and data loader from collecting equipment that get environmental and atmospheric data. The virtual reality application use Google Maps, and worldwide heightmap to get 3D geographic map models; HTC VIVE and Oculus SDK for support virtual reality experience; and weather API to show the weather information from the desired location in real time. In addition, the proposed virtual reality application emphasizes user interaction on the virtual environment by displaying dynamic and up-to-date information about tourism services.
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The authors would like to thanks to the Technical University of Ambato and through it to the Faculty of Administration for financing the project: Determinants of the tourist enterprise in the cantons of the province of Tungurahua (PFCA04).
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Castro, J.C. et al. (2018). Virtual Reality on e-Tourism. In: Kim, K., Kim, H., Baek, N. (eds) IT Convergence and Security 2017. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 450. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6454-8_13
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