AR Banten Otonan: Technological Innovation to Educate the Making of Banten Otonan in Bali through Augmented Reality Technology
Information technology now serves as a bridge that connects tradition and modernity. An Augmented Reality (AR) based application has been developed to help preserve and teach the process of making Banten Otonan, a very important Hindu yadnya ceremony in Bali. This application not only offers interactive learning but also brings the nuances of tradition into the palm of the hand through Android-based smartphones.
Banten Otonan is an offering used in the Otonan ceremony, which is a commemoration of the day of birth according to the Balinese Wuku Calendar, held every 210 days or six months. The process of making Banten Otonan involves various components, the most important of which is Sampian. Unfortunately, this skill is starting to be forgotten by the younger generation due to limited access to information and the complexity of the manufacturing process. In response to this challenge, the Banten Otonan AR application comes as an innovative solution. The app uses Augmented Reality technology to visualize and teach the steps of making Banten Otonan and Sampian in the form of 3D animations and videos. “With AR technology, users can see and follow the process of making Banten Otonan interactively and in detail,” said I Gede, one of the developers of this application.