Design of touristic promotional applications with augmented and virtual reality technologies of the ancient city of Aizanoi

Applications in different fields made using augmented reality and virtual reality technologies make a positive contribution to our lives. Internationally, applications are being made in areas such as education, medicine, real estate, military, construction and tourism using augmented reality and virtual reality technologies. These technologies provide the opportunity to create a sense of reality primarily in a virtual environment, to experience situations that are dangerous, costly or difficult to interact with experiment with or perform users. This study aims to integrate the applications made with virtual reality and augmented reality technologies for the Zeus temple of the ancient city of Aizanoi in Çavdarhisar district of Kütahya province to be used in the field of tourism and to enable the opportunity to visit with a digital platform. In the study, model applications for the tourism sector were carried out with augmented reality and virtual reality technologies. Another importance of the research is the presentation of the first augmented reality and virtual reality applications made for the temple of Zeus in the ancient city of Aizanoi in the province of Kütahya. In the study, two different augmented reality applications, namely visual recognition and ground plane recognition applications, were performed using Marker-Based Augmented reality techniques. A gold collection game has been made for virtual reality technology as a desktop navigation application, web application, and gamification application. In addition, a virtual reality application designed to be used with Cardboard-type glasses was also presented in the study. The applications made in this study are designed with the unity game engine. Using the Unity game engine, the application of the Cardboard virtual reality glasses was carried out in .net Visual Studio using the C # programming language.In accordance with the study, it was seen that augmented reality and virtual reality technology can be used effectively and efficiently in the field of tourism, and there is a need for applications to be made in this field. Promotion of the technologies used in the field of tourism, obtaining ideas before the trip, getting to know the environment, etc. it is expected that it will offer many advantages such as and will also provide benefits from an economic point of view. The study consists of five parts. In the first part, the purpose of the research and the importance of the research are discussed. In the second part, the history of the concept of augmented reality and virtual reality technologies, the peripherals used and the areas of use are given. In the third chapter, the relationship of augmented reality and virtual reality with tourism and its examples in the tourism sector are given. The fourth chapter presents the methods of creating various applications made for the temple of Zeus of the ancient city of Aizanoi using augmented reality and virtual reality technology. As the last section, the fifth section contains the results and recommendations.