Yogyakarta State University’s students who are the members of the Student Activity Unit in Research YSu landed the first runner-up at the National Scientific Essay Contest National Economic Events (NETS) 2016 organized by the Student Association of Economic Development, Jenderal Soedirman University, Purwokerto. The team, led by student from the Psychology study program, Astri Anggraeni and consists of Ahmad Muzaki Salman Alfaris (from Information Engineering Education) and Aji Budi Rinekso (from English Education). Delegation of UNY became the 8 finalists of LKTI NETs along with the delegations from the Sebelas Maret University, Surakarta, Ganesha University, Bali, Gadjah Mada University, Semarang State University, Diponegoro University, Bogor Institute of Agriculture, and Islamic State University, Jakarta.

National Economic Events (NETS) is one of the major annual events organized by the Student Association of Economics Development, Faculty of Economics and Business Jenderal Soedirman University (Himesbang FEB UNSOED). Working closely with the Department of Economics and Development Studies Jenderal Soedirman University, the event took place in Purwokerto on 31/5-3/6.

The paper entitled Three Dimesions Virtual Catalogue (3D-Vicat), a promotional app of Indonesian tourism destinations based on Augmented Reality... 3D-Vicat is a catalog of applications that display objects of Indonesian tourism destinations in a virtual, three-dimensional site. The concept used is to enter the 3-dimensional virtual objects into the real environment in a real time so that users can see as if it is the real attraction. The mechanism of the appearance of objects in three dimensions starts with the scanning the marker using the smartphone's camera and the app will detect markers and match them with a template that has previously been stored in the database. If the marker matches the template provided, the 3-dimensional objects will be displayed on the smartphone screen. (ris/ast)