Application Development by Applying Augmented Reality Technology to Enhance Values and Support Historical Tourist Attraction Information in Muang Kanchanaburi District to Be Digital Tourism

Abstract

The objectives of the research were 1) to design and to develop application on the Android by applying augmented reality technology, 2) to evaluate the efficiency of the application on the Android, and 3) to evaluate the satisfaction of the tourists towards the use of the application. The instruments used to develop the application were the Unity 3D program, C and PHP Languages, MySQL database, the Autodesk maya Program, and Augmented Reality Vuforia Development Kit. The instruments used to evaluate the efficiency were a five-rating scale questionnaire and a questionnaire asking for the satisfaction of the tourists. The statistics used were mean, percentage, and standard deviation.

       The research findings were found as follows.

1. The findings of the design of the application showed that the application could be used as the needs of the users.
2. The findings of the efficiency of the 3H-Tech KAN application showed that the overall of the 3H-Tech KAN application was at a good level with the mean score of 4.12. The experts had the opinions towards the efficiency of the 3H-Tech KAN application in the overall at a good level with the mean score of 4.09.
3. The findings of the users of the 3H-Tech KAN application showed that the users were satisfied the efficiency of the features of the design of the 3H-Tech KAN application in the overall at the highest level with the mean score of 4.46 and the features of the design of the 3H-Tech KAN application in the overall at the highest level with the mean scores of 4.69.