Designing ActionTrack: A State-of-the-Art Authoring Tool for Location-Based Games and Other Activities

Author

Holm, Jeanette ; Laurila, Kari

Author_Institution

Team Action Zone, Tampere, Finland

fYear

2014

fDate

16-18 July 2014

Firstpage

402

Lastpage

407

Abstract

Team Action Zone´s Action Track is a state-of-the-art solution for creating and running location-based activities, including ´Amazing Race´ type of games where teams compete against each other along dynamic routes or a map canvas. The routes can include outdoor (GPS), indoor (QR), or location-independent checkpoints, where the users get tasks, questions, information, or entertainment through their smart phones or tablets. In this paper, we discuss the main features of Action Track and give several examples of games and other applications designed with the tool.

Keywords

Global Positioning System; authoring systems; computer games; geographic information systems; human computer interaction; smart phones; GPS; QR checkpoint; action track; actiontrack; amazing race type of games; dynamic routes; indoor check points; location-based activity; location-based games; location-independent checkpoint; map canvas; outdoor checkpoint; smart phones; state-of-the-art authoring tool; tablets; Buildings; Companies; Educational institutions; Games; Global Positioning System; Mobile communication; GPS; Google Maps; Location-based services; QR code; authoring tool; location-based games; pervasive games;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Visualisation (IV), 2014 18th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Paris

ISSN

1550-6037

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IV.2014.37

Filename

6902941