**4. Results and discussion**

**No Building Description**

13. Gereja Katedral Santo Petrus

*Tourism*

16 De Driekleur (Gedung Tiga Warna)

*Source: Compiled from various sources, 2020.*

shown in the table (**Table 1**).

**Table 1.**

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lubricating oil agent.

14. De Majestic This building was previously called the Concordia Theater which is

cinema and performing arts. 15 Dakken This Dutch colonial era house is now used as a cafe and restaurant.

it functions as a BTPN bank. 17 Warenhuis De Vries This building used to be the first department store in Bandung. This

18 Swarha The building, which is located next to the Grand Mosque of Bandung,

East. This building is now known as Indra Busana

Of the 18 (eighteen) historical building objects in the city of Bandung, 5 building objects were taken, namely Gedung Sate, Vila Isola, Geology Building, Asia Africa Museum, and Gedung Merdeka. Documentation consists of photos and videos as

**No Name Photo and video Total**

1 Gedung Sate 8 3 4 1 4 1 21 2 Villa Isola 9 4 4 1 4 1 23 3 Gedung Geologi 8 3 4 1 4 1 21 4 Museum Asia Afrika 8 3 4 1 4 1 21 5 Gedung Merdeka 8 4 4 1 4 1 21

*Taking photos and videos of historical architectural buildings in Bandung.*

**Horizontal Zenith Nadir Photo Videos Photo Videos Photo Videos**

in different periods.

building was previously used as the office of the world's leading

above the church building forms a symmetrical cross

This church is located at the intersection of Jl. Merdeka and Jl. Java is the design of the architect Wolf Schoemaker. When viewed from

one of the legendary cinemas in Bandung. It was in this theater that the first film produced in Indonesia, namely "Loetoeng Kasaroen" was screened on Bumi Priangan. Currently, the building is located on Jl. This Braga has been revitalized and is returning to function as a

This building is located on Jl. Riau Bandung, which is now a shopping center, distro and factory outlet. This building attracts attention because of its classic design with a tapered tower on one side.

This art deco building is located on Jl. Dago. Now, this building is being functioned by a national bank. The meaning of De Driekleur itself in Indonesian is three colors. But that does not mean this building has three colors on the body of the building. The meaning of these three colors refers to the Dutch flag which has three colors. Now

building is a place for plantation bosses in the Priangan area to buy their necessities. Before being used by a private bank today, Dr. Vries was also used as a Padang restaurant, clothing shop, and butcher shop

used to be a hotel. During the 1955 Asia Africa Conference this hotel was used by journalists. Swarha itself stands for Said Wiratmana Abdurrachman Hassan, who is one of the rich traders from the Middle

Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, everyone cannot travel for tourism, so the tourism sector is severely affected. Moreover, it is related to the domestic MICE (meeting, incentive, convention, and exhibition) industry. This condition needs to be more exploratory by holding virtual tourism or virtual events. The use of VR technology for various purposes has been very developed, including for the tourism sector. VR is used in the tourism sector only to disseminate information, but during the Covid-19 pandemic, it can be developed into a virtual tourism development model. This virtual tour invites tourists to surf virtually directly by visiting tourist objects following their tourist destinations.

Making content about historical building tourism objects containing information about these tourism objects. The content can be accessed for free with limited features. If virtual visitors want complete content, they must pay for tickets (online) as if entering a tourist attraction directly. Heritage buildings as a legacy of colonial architecture in Bandung during normal times were visited by many domestic and foreign tourists. Currently, it is very potential to build a virtual tourism model, where tourists are invited to surf to visit several historical architectural buildings. The virtual tour will allow visitors to surf and explore all tourist objects.

Based on the design that has been made, the next step is the assembly stage, where through development using panoramic photos (using PG GUI software, making maps (taken from Google maps), and creating program code (using eclipse software). The results of this assembly are based on application design. a virtual tour that has been adjusted to the results of the analysis carried out previously, namely the 5 objects of historical and heritage buildings in the city of Bandung

a. To be able to display and run the virtual tourism model the most needed factor is a good and stable internet connection so that content display will be

*Model of Virtual Tourism as an Alternative of the Concept of Architecture Tourism Post…*

b. The use of panoramic images of 360<sup>0</sup> can represent and make it easier for

d. It is necessary to develop the quality and size of the panoramic photo according to the type of photo image using the Panorama GL library.

c. The implementation of panoramic photos in the VR application for tourism of historical and heritage buildings in Bandung can be further developed by

e. Where in the future, the use of VR technology needs to be further developed to inspire public participation in supporting the socialization and preservation of historic and heritage buildings, especially those in Bandung, generally in cities in Indonesia, both for educational, socio-cultural and tourism purposes.

Researchers would like to express their deepest gratitude to various parties, especially the Institute for Research and Community Service (LPPM), University of Education of Indonesia, which has provided funding support in the framework of

\*, Aathira Farah Salsabilla Permana<sup>2</sup> and Karto Wijaya<sup>3</sup>

users to accept and understand what is presented/conveyed.

smooth and fast.

**Acknowledgements**

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Asep Yudi Permana<sup>1</sup>

more professional developers.

*DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.94015*

competitive grant research for the 2020 fiscal year.

1 Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Bandung, Indonesia

\*Address all correspondence to: yudi.permana@upi.edu

3 Universitas Kebangsaan Republik Indonesia, Bandung, Indonesia

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2 Institut Teknologi Nasional, Bandung, Indonesia

provided the original work is properly cited.

**Figure 8.** *Basic components of VR immersive application. Source: Mazuryk and Gervautz [53].*

through immersive photography techniques so that the results can display interactive visual information.

The implementation of the virtual tourism model with the MDLC approach is divided into 2 (two) main stages, namely, the first part is the data and architectural visualization phase, and the second part is the modeling phase. In this modeling phase, wake up after the design and coding phase is complete, where at this stage it contains several models which are a combination of virtual modeling and the results of video or photo recording 360<sup>0</sup> . After a new modeling system is made, it is run and observed to see the performance of the system. This process includes 2 views, namely the main menu display and the 3600 photo display (**Figure 8**).

Implementation of the system on the main menu display is a step to put the system so that it is ready for operation. This process aims to confirm the design modules so that the user can provide input to the system developer. As for the photo display, 360<sup>0</sup> is used to view the results. This stage is used the Google cardboard application as a VR tool that uses a smartphone as a platform/layer.

The testing and distribution stages are used for testing and packaging the application. Testing is done using Alpha testing, namely by running the application and seeing whether there is an error or not. The test results went well, and the content and buttons from the navigation function as intended. The distribution stage is the final stage of application packaging. Where in this virtual tour application, the application file is packaged into an executable file (.apk) and then packaged into a self-extractor file of type.apk. This file can only be run on mobile phones with the Android operating system.
