Seidel, I., Gärtner, M., Pöttler, M., Berger, H., & Dittenbach, M. (2009). Itchy Feet: A 3D e-Tourism Environment. In N. Sharda (Ed.), Tourism Informatics: Visual Travel Recommender Systems, Social Communities, and User Interface Design (pp. 209–242). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-818-5.ch013
Agent; Data; e-Tourism; 3D Virtual World; Electronic Institution; Multi-Agent System; Online Communities; Game Design; Game Engine; Middleware; Front-End Computers; Human/computer interaction; Graphical User Interface; 3-D graphics
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Abstract:
In this chapter we describe an e-Tourism environment that places emphasis on a communitydriven
approach to foster a lively society of travelers. It enables them to exchange travel
experiences, recommend tourism destinations or just catch some interesting gossip. Moreover,
business transactions such as booking a trip or getting assistance from professional travel agents
are a constituent part of this environment. All these interactions happen in an integrated, gamelike,
3D Virtual World where each tourist is impersonated as an avatar. We draw a retrospective
on the specification, design and implementation of this e-Tourism environment and present the
status quo. We describe how we applied Electronic Institutions, a framework developed and
employed in the area of Multi-Agent Systems, to the tourism domain. Furthermore, we present
our approach to connect a 3D Virtual World with Electronic Institutions. Our goal is to provide a
test bed for assessing the acceptance of virtual environments, as a medium to overcome the nontangible
nature of tourism products.
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