{"id":5149,"date":"2016-08-12T00:27:52","date_gmt":"2016-08-11T16:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/haslinasarkan\/?p=5149"},"modified":"2016-08-11T10:34:53","modified_gmt":"2016-08-11T02:34:53","slug":"could-augmented-reality-games-have-a-positive-impact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/haslinasarkan\/could-augmented-reality-games-have-a-positive-impact\/","title":{"rendered":"Could Augmented Reality Games Have a Positive Impact?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Smartphone owners have yet another reason to stare at their device. Game developer Niantic last month released Pok\u00e9mon Go\u2014a location-based, augmented reality game for iOS and Android devices. More than 75\u00a0million people worldwide have downloaded the free game, which tracks your phone\u2019s location and sends notifications when fictional creatures\u2014with names such as Pikachu and Squirtle\u2014are nearby. Their images appear on a street map of the player\u2019s location. When the creature is less than 2\u00a0meters away, the map disappears and the creature appears on the screen as if it were in the same real-world location as the player.<\/p>\n

Pok\u00e9mon Go has made augmented reality more accessible, and almost commonplace, to millions of people\u2014many of whom had never interacted with an AR game or device before.<\/p>\n

AR expert John Rousseau, head of insights and strategy at Artefact, a design firm in Seattle, predicts that virtual and augmented reality apps such as Pok\u00e9mon Go will become ubiquitous. At the Augmented World Expo<\/a>, held in June in Santa Clara, Calif., Rousseau proposed three \u201claws of mixed reality<\/a>\u201d to ensure that AR and VR technology positively impacts society. So, how does Pok\u00e9mon Go hold up?<\/p>\n

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  1. Mixed reality must enhance our capacity for mindful attention.<\/strong>Developers at Niantic know how distracting the game can be. The first screen that appears whenever a player opens the game has a warning message: \u201cRemember to be alert at all times. Stay aware of your surroundings.\u201dDespite the disclaimer, the game has already caused deadly distractions, as people walk around while looking at their phone to find and capture nearby Pok\u00e9mon creatures. Some players have been robbed<\/a>, stepped into traffic<\/a>, and have even fell off a cliff<\/a> while playing the game. People who choose to play Pok\u00e9mon Go while driving<\/a> pose even more risks to themselves and those around them.One way to cut down on the danger is by playing the game on a different device. Osterhout Design Group, for example, recently loaded the game on its R-7 AR smartglasses, which let players keep their heads up. Engineers at ODG had a blast testing the smartglasses. The glasses require a Wi-Fi connection to play games, though, and they cost US $2,750. So for many of us, using an AR headset to catch that rare Charizard isn\u2019t quite feasible.<\/li>\n
  2. Mixed reality must embody a shared human experience.<\/strong>In terms of benefiting society, bringing people together is where Pok\u00e9mon Go really shines. Many people say they have gotten out of the house and are interacting with other players, striking up conversations with strangers they might typically ignore.\n

    The inspiration to go outside and become more social seems to benefit players with anxiety, depression, or autism. A mother of a 12-year-old autistic boy in North Carolina, for example, told ABC News that her son, who would normally be inside playing video games, is now taking his passion for gaming outside and relating to people with whom he normally would have difficulty interacting.<\/li>\n

  3. Mixed reality must respect boundaries between commerce and data.<\/strong>Rousseau notes in a blog post that as mixed reality starts to take over, \u201cdata will become more valuable and easily manipulated to serve other interests.\u201dThe\u00a0Pok\u00e9mon Go\u2019s\u00a0first update\u00a0limited the amount of personal data it collects\u2014but according to its\u00a0privacy policy, Niantic has permission to share information about users with other companies for what it says are \u201cresearch and analysis, demographic profiling, and other similar purposes.\u201dOn the bright side, the game\u00a0has benefited some small businesses by allowing owners of game shops, restaurants, and retailers to declare their buildings as Pok\u00e9stops, where players can stock up on virtual supplies. Business owners also can purchase lures that attract Pok\u00e9mon creatures\u2014and therefore Pok\u00e9mon Go players\u2014to their locations.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Although the game does not obey all three of Rousseau\u2019s laws, it does have its plus side. In addition to the benefits already listed, the game encourages exercise and teaches players about local historic landmarks that have been designated as Pok\u00e9stops. It\u2019s also speeding up the adoption of augmented reality\u2014for better or worse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    This article is obtained from\u00a0this link.   Smartphone owners have yet another reason to stare at their device. Game developer Niantic last month released Pok\u00e9mon Go\u2014a location-based, augmented reality game for iOS and Android devices. More than 75\u00a0million people worldwide have downloaded the free game, which tracks your phone\u2019s location and sends notifications when fictional […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6477,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-research-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/haslinasarkan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/haslinasarkan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/haslinasarkan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/haslinasarkan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6477"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/haslinasarkan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/haslinasarkan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5149\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/haslinasarkan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/haslinasarkan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/haslinasarkan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}