Design-in-play: improving the variability of indoor pervasive games

Treasure is a pervasive game playing in the context of people’s daily living environments. Unlike previous pervasive games that are based on the predefined contents and proprietary devices, Treasure exploits the “design-in-play” concept to enhance the variability of a game in mixed-reality environme...

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Published in:Multimedia tools and applications Vol. 59; no. 1; pp. 259 - 277
Main Authors: Guo, Bin, Fujimura, Ryota, Zhang, Daqing, Imai, Michita
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Boston Springer US 01.07.2012
Springer Nature B.V
Springer Verlag
Subjects:
Allocations
Analysis
Computer & video games
Computer Communication Networks
Computer Science
Data Structures and Information Theory
Design
Devices
Dynamics
Games
Human-computer interaction
Indoor
Multimedia
Multimedia communications
Multimedia computer applications
Multimedia Information Systems
Personalized
Players
Proprietary
Roles
Sensors
Smart houses
Special Purpose and Application-Based Systems
Storytelling
Studies
Ubiquitous Computing
User experience
Human-computer interaction
Pervasive gaming
Multimedia entertainment
Smart objects
Context-aware computing
Smart homes
ISSN:1380-7501, 1573-7721
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Summary:Treasure is a pervasive game playing in the context of people’s daily living environments. Unlike previous pervasive games that are based on the predefined contents and proprietary devices, Treasure exploits the “design-in-play” concept to enhance the variability of a game in mixed-reality environments. Dynamic and personalized role design and allocation by players is enabled by exploring local smart objects as game props. The variability of the game is also enhanced by several other aspects, such as user-oriented context-aware action setting and playing environment redeployment. The effectiveness of the “design-in-play” concept is validated through a user study, where 15 subjects were recruited to play and author the trial game.
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ISSN:1380-7501
1573-7721
DOI:10.1007/s11042-010-0711-z