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International Journal of Public Health, 2023 Objectives: Several physical, psychological, and social health consequences are caused by smartphone users’ addiction to games. A location-based game (LBG), Pokémon GO, recently garnered significant attention from young people. This study aims to explore
Yuk Chiu Yip, Ka Huen Yip, Wai King Tsui
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Empowering Games. Meaning Making by Designing and Playing Location Based Mobile Games
Interaction Design and Architecture(s), 2016 The article analyses and discusses the use of Location Based Mobile Games to raise awareness on sensitive issues connected to illness and disability. We report on a study grounded on higher education didactic experiences.
Ilaria Mariani, Davide Spallazzo
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Technical cheating prevention in location-based games
International Conference on Computer Systems and Technologies '21, 2021 Online multiplayer game developers have plenty of motivation to prevent technical cheating in their games. In the case of location-based games (LBGs), in addition to the usual anti-cheat measures, developers need to be able to verify players’ location sensor data.
Samuli Laato +3 more
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Development and Usability of a Location-based Game. [PDF]
Interaction Design and Architecture(s)Location-based games (LBG) incorporate players’ location as their main game element. Therefore, they are played in the physical world by turning every place into a playground. Due to the pervasive nature of LBGs, usability evaluation can differ from the other game genres.
Faraz Badali Naghadeh, Kursat Cagiltay
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Multimodal Technologies and Interaction, 2020 In early 2020, as a countermeasure to mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, governments issued limitations on the movements of their citizens, cancelling social events and advising people to stay home.
Samuli Laato +2 more
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Journal of Exercise Science & Fitness, 2020 Background/Objective: The present study examined the influence of match location, quality of opposition team, and playing position on physical performance indicators of the 4-2-3-1 formation.
Giorgos Paraskevas +2 more
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Frontiers in Computer Science, 2021 Owing to increasing cases of sedentary lifestyles and their negative impact on health, practical solutions are needed to address the physical and mental wellbeing of citizens and to enhance their standard of living.
Michael Oduor, Timo Perälä
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Adaptivity and safety in location-based games
2017 9th International Conference on Virtual Worlds and Games for Serious Applications (VS-Games), 2017 Location-based games require, among other things, obtaining or computing information regarding the players' physical activity and real-world context. Additionally, ensuring that the players are assigned challenges that are adequate and safe for the current context (both physical and spatial) is also important, as it can improve both the gaming ...
João Tiago Pinheiro Neto Jacob +3 more
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Cartographic Vandalism in the Era of Location-Based Games—The Case of OpenStreetMap and Pokémon GO
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2020 User-generated map data is increasingly used by the technology industry for background mapping, navigation and beyond. An example is the integration of OpenStreetMap (OSM) data in widely-used smartphone and web applications, such as Pokémon GO (PGO),
Levente Juhász +3 more
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Location-Based Games For Learning
, 2018 Research argues that digital educational games have the potential to make learning more interesting and more effective. However, creating engaging game-based learning experiences remains challenging. To address this challenge, the authors present the game authoring pipeline of the Beaconing Platform that enables the construction of location-based ...
Stanescu, Ioana A. +6 more
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