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Young Adults’ Perspectives on the Implications of an Augmented Reality Mobile Game for Communities’ Public Health: A Qualitative Study

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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Delivering real-world ubiquitous location systems [PDF]

, 2005
Location-enhanced applications are poised to become the first real-world example of ubiquitous computing. In this paper, we emphasize the practical aspects of getting location-enhanced applications deployed on existing devices, such as laptops, tablets ...
Anthony LaMarca, Consolvo S., Gaetano Borriello, Matthew Chalmers, Paddy Nixon   +4 more
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Interactive Urban Play to Encourage Active Mobility: Usability Study of a Web-Based Augmented Reality Application

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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Effect of opposition quality and match location on the positional demands of the 4-2-3-1 formation in elite soccer

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, Ilias Smilios, Marios Hadjicharalambous   +2 more
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"Get off my lawn!": Starting to understand territoriality in location based mobile games [PDF]

, 2017
With the increasing popularity of mobile video games, game designers and developers are starting to integrate geolocation information into such games.
Chamberlain, Alan, Khan, Vassilis-Javed, Liang, Hai-Ning, Metzger, Melvin, Papangelis, Konstantinos, Sheng, Yiyang   +5 more
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Promoting Navigation Health Literacy at the Intersection of Schools and Communities. Development of the Game-Based Intervention Nebolus

Frontiers in Public Health, 2021
Emerging empirical evidence indicates a limited health literacy for a substantial proportion of children and adolescents. Although it is generally agreed upon promoting health literacy as early as possible in the lifespan, there is a lack of ...
Kevin Dadaczynski, Kevin Dadaczynski, Verena Krah, Demian Frank, Elisabeth Zügel-Hintz, Fabrice Pöhlmann   +5 more
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Board Game Prototyping to Co-Design a Better Location-Based Digital Game [PDF]

Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2017
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Jones, Catherine Emma, Liapis, Antonios, Lykourentzou, Ioanna, Guido, Daniele   +3 more
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Issues in the Development of Location-Based Games

International Journal of Computer Games Technology, 2011
As new and more powerful mobile devices arrive, such as smartphones, tablets and PDAs, so do new ways of interaction emerge for the users and developers to explore.
João Tiago Pinheiro Neto Jacob, António Fernando Coelho   +1 more
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Designing location based learning experiences for people with intellectual disabilities and additional sensory impairments [PDF]

, 2010
The research reported here is part of a larger project which seeks to combine serious games (or games based learning) with location based services to help people with intellectual disability and additional sensory impairments to develop work based skills.
Android, BDA, Benford, Benyon, Brown, Brown, Brown, Brown, Burack, David J. Brown, David McHugh, Dennis, Department of Health, Down, Evett, Fickas, Fickas, Fields, Garris, Golledge, Gow, Herrod, Horton, Lave, Lemoncello, Lindsay Evett, Lindström, Liu, Naismith, National Development Group for the Mentally Handicapped, Nick Shopland, NLN, Oliver, Penny Standen, Pivec, Prasad, Standen, Steven Battersby, TechDis, Tiresias, Tomlinson, W3C, W3C, Wikipedia Contributors, Wood   +44 more
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Design Framework for Social Interaction with Location-based Games

International Journal of Serious Games, 2022
Location-based games invite players to have new forms of meaningful social interactions with others and provide opportunities for players to engage with their own neighbourhood’s public space.
Xavier Fonseca, Stephan Lukosch, Frances Brazier   +2 more
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