Simulación de un tour virtual orientado al turismo negro en Cuenca

Abstract

Currently, Ecuador is a touristic destination by excellence. It is composed of a great variety of environments and stories, culture, and traditions, which place this country within the touristic context. In a matter of hours or even minutes, a diversity of climates, mesmerizing beaches that are praised wide world, captivating landscapes, and a fascinating cuisine can be found. Nevertheless, recent touristic tendencies that arise around the world request from new and eye-catching tourist attractions. One of these recent touristic models is denominated as dark tourism. Such a trend entails visiting places remarked by supernatural or tragic phenomena, thus, converting these places from unknown to highly attractive locations, full of stories and tales, for these people who are looking for new experiences. The present study comes up with a simulation of a virtual tour directed to dark tourism. This simulation is based on an urban tale called “La viuda de farol”, the ambiance for the development of this simulation is one of the most representatives neighborhoods from “El Vado” Through the appliance of pipeline methodology which addresses phases like initial exploration until the final product, this project was conducted through different research stages to finally conclude with the last render of the virtual tour simulation. The project that is presented below includes a script, technical script, storyboard, characters frames, and the narrative structure of three plays, animation, and 3D modeling.