Augmented reality in an international hotel management school

The international school of senior hotel management Les Roches Marbella (Málaga) has incorporated the Layar augmented reality application so that students, Faculty and visitors take an interactive campus exploration.

Augmented reality technology has been incorporated, for the first time in Spain, to the activity of a business school, specifically to The Rocks Marbella, specialized in the training of managers in senior business hotel management whose campus is located in the Malaga town of Marbella.

This is an initiative aimed at students, teachers and visitors so that they know the latest technologies on the market and can carry out an interactive exploration of the school's facilities thanks to the augmented reality application for mobile phones Layar.

This app analyzes and detects the digital information available around the user in real time on the real image through the mobile camera of a smartphone. (Android e iPhone), what Screen called 'layer', each of which can offer different services and interactive experiences, 3D objects and guided tours, as in the case of Les Roches.

In this case, The augmented reality project includes the 'Room division lab', showing the room of a top-class hotel with all its elements, thus creating an interactive space that makes it easier for students to understand the entire maintenance process.

Another interactive visit is the 'Demo office', an environment that recreates the reception of a hotel, incorporating all its functionalities and technological innovations, as well as different locations dedicated to catering (The Olive Tree, Walk, Cafe Bistro) and various pedagogical and methodological applications.

Layar software is freely available and allows students, teachers or visitors position themselves with their smartphone in front of those places and spaces on campus, like those mentioned, that have photographs with the Layar identifying logo to explore and enjoy the interactive content of the facilities.