Classifying Pervasive Games: On Pervasive Computing and Mixed Reality

Pervasive Games have become popular in recent years. Their ambitious goal is to bring the computer into the world in order to augment existing games or to even come up with hitherto impossible or unthought-of forms of entertainment. This paper reflects on the various approaches to define what Pervasive Games consist of, how they relate to playing and games, and how different terms and views can be integrated. The paper contributes a unifying and integrating classification of the respective terms that relates different states of reality to the relevant dimensions and game elements.

[1]  Fumio Kishino,et al.  Augmented reality: a class of displays on the reality-virtuality continuum , 1995, Other Conferences.

[2]  Jesper Juul,et al.  The game, the player, the world: looking for a heart of gameness , 2010, DiGRA Conference.

[3]  Fred Percival,et al.  A Handbook of Game Design , 1982 .

[4]  C. Crawford.  Chris Crawford on Interactive Storytelling , 2004 .

[5]  Charles E. Hughes,et al.  Applying Mixed Reality to Entertainment , 2002, Computer.

[6]  Matthias Lampe,et al.  Mobile Device-based Interaction Patterns in Augmented Toy Environments , 2006 .

[7]  Eva Nieuwdorp,et al.  The Pervasive Interface; Tracing the Magic Circle , 2005, DiGRA Conference.

[8]  Mark Weiser,et al.  Some computer science issues in ubiquitous computing , 1993, CACM.

[9]  Katie Salen,et al.  Rules of play: game design fundamentals , 2003 .

[10]  Hirokazu Kato,et al.  Touch-Space: Mixed Reality Game Space Based on Ubiquitous, Tangible, and Social Computing , 2002, Personal and Ubiquitous Computing.

[11]  Mark Weiser,et al.  The computer for the 21st Century , 1991, IEEE Pervasive Computing.

[12]  Kalle Jegers,et al.  Pervasive game flow: understanding player enjoyment in pervasive gaming , 2007, CIE.

[13]  MagerkurthCarsten,et al.  Augmenting the virtual domain with physical and social elements , 2004 .

[14]  Bo Kampmann Walther,et al.  Atomic actions -- molecular experience: theory of pervasive gaming , 2005, CIE.

[15]  Staffan Björk,et al.  Designing Ubiquitous Computing Games – A Report from a Workshop Exploring Ubiquitous Computing Entertainment , 2002, Personal and Ubiquitous Computing.

[16]  Sara Hawker,et al.  Compact Oxford English dictionary of current English , 2005 .

[17]  Jan H. G. Klabbers.  The gaming landscape: a taxonomy for classifying games and simulations , 2003, DiGRA Conference.

[18]  Tony Manninen,et al.  Contextual Virtual Interaction as Part of Ubiquitous Game Design and Development , 2002, Personal and Ubiquitous Computing.

[19]  Carsten Magerkurth,et al.  Design and Evaluation of a Hybrid Games System Combining Physical and Virtual Components , 2005, DiGRA Conference.

[20]  Claire O'Malley,et al.  Smart toys: brave new world? , 2000, CHI Extended Abstracts.

[21]  Greg Costikyan,et al.  I Have No Words & I Must Design: Toward a Critical Vocabulary for Games , 2002, CGDC Conf..

[22]  Steve Benford,et al.  Bridging the physical and digital in pervasive gaming , 2005, CACM.

[23]  James H. Aylor,et al.  Computer for the 21st Century , 1999, Computer.

[24]  Chris Crawford,et al.  Chris Crawford on Game Design , 2003 .

[25]  Amitava Mukherjee,et al.  Pervasive Computing: A Paradigm for the 21st Century , 2003, Computer.

[26]  Bo Kampmann Walther,et al.  Playing and Gaming - Reflections and Classifications , 2003, Game Studies.

[27]  F. Mattern,et al.  Vom Verschwinden des Computers — Die Vision des Ubiquitous Computing , 2003 .

[28]  Pierre David Wellner,et al.  Interacting with paper on the DigitalDesk , 1993, CACM.

[29]  Craig A. Lindley,et al.  Game Taxonomies: A High Level Framework for Game Analysis and Design , 2003 .

[30]  Tomasz Imielinski,et al.  Mobile Computing , 1996 .

[31]  Peta Wyeth,et al.  GameFlow: a model for evaluating player enjoyment in games , 2005, CIE.

[32]  Craig A. Lindley,et al.  The Gameplay Gestalt, Narrative, and Interactive Storytelling , 2002, CGDC Conf..