Background:

With the development of AR technology, more and more hotels and business convention centres are interested in building an AR/VR version of their spaces for potential customers and business partners to preview. In 2019, we were approached by a leading hotel chain that wanted to visualise some of its hotel suites based in the United States. They were intrigued by the possibilities that AR could offer to a hospitality industry.

Innovation:

This project didn’t require any WebAR technologies and would be mostly distributed directly to customers (sales representatives would use their iPad Pro to showcase future stays to prospect customers). As a pilot, we have selected two of the chain’s US hotels (in New York and Georgetown DC) and used AR Portal technology which helps to project virtual environments into your real-world setting.

Results:

• Two spaces (with a total size of 2,500 sqft) were recreated in Augmented Reality;

• More than 10x interactive hotspots were integrated within the experience (including photo, video information and integration with corporate Content Management System).

• The demo was showcased to more than 100x VIP customers during various showcases and sales pitches in 2019.

Platform Used:

• ARKit 3 development kit (for iPad Pro);

• ARCore development kit (second part of the project, was only made for Samsung Galaxy smartphones).