Group 1 Members

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Group 1 Members

• Aftab Mohamed Jalal
• Philip Chennikkara
• Gavin Gerard Pathross

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Virtual Tour Guide (VTG)

• Project Motivation
• Overall Architecture
• Actual Walkthrough
• Possible Future Enhancements

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Project Motivation

• (PLACE) Pervasive Location Aware Computing
  Environments
• Global Positioning System
• Search feature for other users
• Web-based Virtual Tour Prof.Mohler
• http//www.tech.purdue.edu/resources/map/mapv2/

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Overall Architecture
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DB
Web Service
XML DOC
Yes
Needs Update?
onLoad()
Client Side
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The Actual Demonstration

• Demonstration
• http//trapper.cs.purdue.edu/webserv1/service1.asm
  x

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Actual Walkthrough

• Presented by Phil

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Technologies Used
Tablet PC
Pocket PC - Lite

• Macromedia Flash 2004
• ActionScript
• C
• XML
• GPS receiver
• Microsoft SQL Server 2004
• Web Services

• Macromedia Flash 2004
• ActionScript
• C
• XML
• HTML
• Pocket PC Map

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Future for Virtual Tour

• To be used in eStadium project
• Target audience Alumni
• PDA version with similar functionalities
• 3D implementation of Virtual Tour Sim City
  model
• Idea to be sold to tourists destinations, i.e.
• Zoos, Large Theme Parks
• Replacement of curators and tour guides