TRANSFORMING VIRTUAL REALITY TOURISM THROUGH THE CYBER ISPARTA YOUTH CENTER

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 9 Sayı: 2, 164 - 170, 30.08.2025

Yasin Tekin , Ebru Yılmaz İnce

https://doi.org/10.46519/ij3dptdi.1616176

Öz

In recent years, virtual reality (VR) technology has transformed various sectors, and tourism is no exception. Virtual reality tourism offers an innovative way for people to experience the world without actually leaving their homes. In this research, the "Cyber Isparta Youth Center" project, supported by the Western Mediterranean Development Agency, implemented by the Isparta Municipality and in partnership with the Isparta University of Applied Sciences, will be discussed in terms of education and tourism. Within the scope of the project, a virtual reality tour of the Cyber Isparta Youth Center was developed. The developmental research strategy, a variant of the design-based research method, was used. Cyber Isparta Youth Center has been modeled in the Unity Game Engine. A semi-structured interview was conducted to examine the effects of the virtual tour. Participant opinions were categorized into three primary groups based on the content analysis: tourism & usability, technological experience, and educational value.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Virtual reality , Tourism , Youth Center , Unity.

Destekleyen Kurum

Western Mediterranean Development Agency

Teşekkür

Project support was received within the scope of the Future is Future with Cyber in Isparta Project numbered TR61/22/GEG/0008, which is the Financial Support Program for the Development of Entrepreneurship Ecosystem of the Western Mediterranean Development Agency. The authors would like to thank the Western Mediterranean Development Agency for the financial support provided within the scope of the Project.

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