Title :
A pervasive game to know your city better
Author :
Wu, Bian ; Wang, Alf Inge
Author_Institution :
Norwegian Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Trondheim, Norway
Abstract :
This paper presents a pervasive game on Android platform where players can play a knowledge competition tour in groups in the city of Trondheim, and gain better understanding of the city through solving different tasks. From the evaluation, the result shows that the concept of using pervasive game in a learning context is an interesting concept that should be explored.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; computer games; human computer interaction; mobile computing; Android platform; Trondheim city; knowledge competition tour; learning context; pervasive game; Cameras; Cities and towns; Games; Global Positioning System; Mobile communication; Smart phones; Usability;
Conference_Titel :
Games Innovation Conference (IGIC), 2011 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Orange, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0258-7
DOI :
10.1109/IGIC.2011.6115111