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On Developing a Platform for Mobile Outdoor Gaming for Children

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Ambient Intelligence (AmI 2011)

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In this paper we describe the development of a platform for creating Head Up Games. Nowadays, technology is becoming more and more ubiquitous, but in the field of pervasive gaming it seems that development is mostly centered on smart phones. We argue that for outdoor games for children this might not be the best medium; and we propose the design of our platform that is designed to better support outdoor, active games.

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  1. Department of Industrial Design, Eindhoven University of Technology, Den Dolech 2, 5612 AZ, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    Iris Soute, Herman Aartsen & Chet Bangaru

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  1. Delft University of Technology, Landbergstraat 15, 2628CE, Delft, The Netherlands

    David V. Keyson

  2. College of Information Studies, University of Maryland, College Park, 2117E Hornbake Hall, 20742-4345, Marylandm, USA

    Mary Lou Maher

  3. Smart Future Initiative, Konrad-Zuse-Str. 43, 60438, Frankfurt, Germany

    Norbert Streitz

  4. Keio University, Japan and National University of Singapore, Heng Miu Keng Terrace 02-01-01A, 119613, Singapore

    Adrian Cheok

  5. School of Computing and Mathematics, University of Ulster, Shore Road, BT37 0QB, Newtownabbey, Co. Antrim, UK

    Juan Carlos Augusto

  6. Fraunhofer-Institut für Graphische Datenverarbeitung IGD, Fraunhoferstrasse 5, 64283, Darmstadt, Germany

    Reiner Wichert

  7. Informatics Institute, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098XH, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Gwenn Englebienne

  8. Ambient Intelligence Research Lab., Stanford University and Ghent University, 350 Serra Mall, David Packard #318, 94305-9515, Stanford, CA, USA

    Hamid Aghajan

  9. Informatics Institute, University of Amsterdam and Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Science Park 904, 1098XH, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Ben J. A. Kröse

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Soute, I., Aartsen, H., Bangaru, C. (2011). On Developing a Platform for Mobile Outdoor Gaming for Children. In: Keyson, D.V., et al. Ambient Intelligence. AmI 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7040. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25167-2_25

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