Mobile Computing, Applications, and Services. 4th International Conference, MobiCASE 2012, Seattle, WA, USA, October 11-12, 2012. Revised Selected Papers

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Social Interaction in Gamebased Applications on Smartphones in the Context of Tourism

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-36632-1_25,
        author={Dominik Gr\'{y}ntjens and Gerrit Lochmann and Johannes Siebel and Stefan M\'{y}ller},
        title={Social Interaction in Gamebased Applications on Smartphones in the Context of Tourism},
        proceedings={Mobile Computing, Applications, and Services. 4th International Conference, MobiCASE 2012, Seattle, WA, USA, October 11-12, 2012. Revised Selected Papers},
        proceedings_a={MOBICASE},
        year={2013},
        month={2},
        keywords={tourism gamebased smartphones},
        doi={10.1007/978-3-642-36632-1_25}
    }
    
  • Dominik Grüntjens
    Gerrit Lochmann
    Johannes Siebel
    Stefan Müller
    Year: 2013
    Social Interaction in Gamebased Applications on Smartphones in the Context of Tourism
    MOBICASE
    Springer
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-36632-1_25
Dominik Grüntjens1, Gerrit Lochmann1, Johannes Siebel1, Stefan Müller1
  • 1: Universität Koblenz-Landau

Abstract

We present and compare two different approaches for touristic applications using smartphones. Our goal is to add value to the touristic experience in an appropriate way by provoking or improving social interaction between tourists. Because touristic actions always are motivated intrinsically, we decided to implement two game-based approaches. We use smartphones in two completely different ways: In the first approach, we use it as an input device for a large interactive display which is exhibited in public. In our second approach, we use it to enable tourists to explore places all over the world in a long term multiplayer game.