Designing Location-based Augmented Reality Games for Urban Tourism: A Conceptual Framework
Keywords:
location-based games, mobile game experience, tourism experience design, engagement, augmented reality, mobile game researchAbstract
We have lately experienced a commercialisation of location-based augmented reality games (LBARGs). However, we have to acknowledge that games like Ingress are not primarily designed to enhance tourism experiences, but can be used as a test bed to improve the design of LBARGs to enrich tourist experiences. This study explores how LBARGs should be designed to enhance tourists’ on-site experiences with these games by proposing a conceptual engagement framework to inform future location-based game design. The framework emphasises the relationship of players, game and the tourism context, which is based on six traits.
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