Design of Social Media-based Virtual Tour Through Personas

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been proven to spread faster than Flu viruses. Thus, as a form of safety precautions, the government throughout nations has to implement health protocols, such as physical distancing and nationwide lockdown. All activities, including work and school, have to be performed from home to minimize the virus's spreading, which triggers the influx of internet use. So do the Satellite Technology Center of the National Institute of Aeronautics and Space of Indonesia (LAPAN) uses the internet and social media to keep their open house activities well functional and has since turned it into a virtual tour. This research addresses the design of this virtual tour through personas. The personas are constructed following the literature study approach's design thinking method and followed by an online questionnaire shared with particular respondents. This research conduces a solution for a virtual tour by utilizing the virtual reality technology and social media platform that can be used by students conveniently. This study also showed how most of the kids nowadays already get used to technology and social networks to earn a lot of information fast and easy. Utilizing social media and the internet will be the solution to this pandemic situation. For not making teenagers get bored inside their house, providing this virtual tour might help them to keep learning in a fun way with the internet they are using.