Pokemon Go.
Entertainment.
Requires iOS 6.0 or later or Android 4.4 and later.
Free with additional purchasing options.
Pokemon Go is a smart phone game created by Niantic featuring the original creatures from Nintendo/GAMEFREAK/Creatures. The goal is to catch and level up Pocket monsters or Pokemon and your avatar through various tasks and by visiting various physical locations (figure 1).
Figure 1
Screenshot—Pokemon Go (screenshot from Pokemon Go. Android V.0.29.0. July 2016 Niantic 2016 Pokemon. 1985–2016 Nintendo, Creatures, GAMEFREAK). Attempting to catch a Pokemon of breed ‘Spearow’. The augmented reality transposes catchable Pokemon onto real-life locations such as this treatment couch.
It is an example of exergaming, ‘technology-driven physical activities, such as video game play, that requires participants to be physically active or exercise in order to play the …