{"id":233735,"date":"2019-10-07T02:26:16","date_gmt":"2019-10-07T06:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=233735"},"modified":"2019-10-07T02:26:16","modified_gmt":"2019-10-07T06:26:16","slug":"dot-iacademy-to-launch-ar-version-of-old-intramuros-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/10\/07\/dot-iacademy-to-launch-ar-version-of-old-intramuros-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"DOT, iAcademy to launch AR version of old Intramuros soon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script async=\"1\" defer=\"1\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v4.0\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DepartmentOfTourism\/posts\/3057785860914932?__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARCmlrEqycnW-rqH_k-7xOEA4vxN9Kw7ydjzVM0qidLpdrandU5UM11y-jKrrdxGA9D5CnYy7TyeKFUv7dZsMQKTTPrsYmjIRNxBdGe3wUUYeDY1HIm6tKxnx1uJ4h4VcQM-dEtOOgogj3nqvmDzGdVfAc2ODbMPsxC5CK4DWLHDkSHO27WzT1bVaQyChBmMDNCrtitZ-qrhx81rC8q4rInZuxw5QXfuwwZixVkLPoVagxYVS3A4kZQtYPTQQKWe5cCKtOJ3l3IpHi3onhCScB1eHJumzXaRw1miHJCuXDuCRM9qE0wDeI4zUoMk35GCEcZOpPj63b0WrlEMHM7jNQJ6MA&amp;__tn__=-R\" data-width=\"750\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DepartmentOfTourism\/posts\/3057785860914932\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<p>DOT-iAcademy join hands to bring the country\u2019s tourism image a step further\u201cThrough this partnership with iAcademy, a&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DepartmentOfTourism\/\">Department of Tourism &#8211; Philippines<\/a> on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DepartmentOfTourism\/posts\/3057785860914932\">Friday, October 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>&#8212; History junkies can now visualize what Intramuros was back in the day with the upcoming launch of an augmented reality app that will allow users to indulge in a 3D experience of the old walled city.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, the Department of Tourism and iAcademy, a school that specializes in computing, business, and design, signed a memorandum of agreement to produce films and augmented reality app that can deliver cutting-edge promotional materials to help the country\u2019s tourism efforts.<\/p>\n<p>The pilot destination will be in Manila, specifically in Intramuros, but Tourism chief Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said she is hoping the initiative could expand to other Philippine destinations teeming with heritage, such as Mt. Samat and Corregidor.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re starting in Intramuros but we want to do it in Corregidor and Mt. Samat. But let&#8217;s start first in Manila,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Romulo-Puyat who initially met with iAcademy&#8217;s representatives a month ago said she was &#8220;amazed&#8221; at the potential of AR technology in enhancing the tourists&#8217; traveling experience in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Through this technology, she hopes to attract younger and tech-savvy tourists to take an interest in the history and heritage of Intramuros.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We want more of the young people to go to Intramuros, so with this technology they can go around and see how it was before so it is interactive,&#8221; Romulo-Puyat said. &#8220;It is a new way to attract more people as it&#8217;s not only educational but fun.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DOT-iAcademy join hands to bring the country\u2019s tourism image a step further\u201cThrough this partnership with iAcademy, a&#8230; Posted by Department &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":233736,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-233735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","mauthors-joyce-ann-l-rocamora","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233735"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":233737,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233735\/revisions\/233737"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/233736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}