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These characters will come alive on your phone (sort of) thanks to augmented reality technology in order to guide you through the streets of the ancient port city. The project, expressly designed for the involvement of children and families, was commissioned by the Department of Policies for the development of tourism and territorial marketing. It was created together with the local cartoonist Enzo Marciante, who recently produced a comic book on the history of Genoa.
This initiative for the digitization of the tourist experience included, in its first phase of development, the installation of georeferenced plates at 163 points of attraction around the city. The app can also provide audio guiding both in English and Italian, in addition to information about tourist accommodation.
Here are the 4 tours that one can take in the historic centre of Genoa with the app:
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