Hitchers: Designing for Cellular Positioning

Drozd, Adam; Benford, Steve; Tandavanitj, Nick; Wright, Michael; Chamberlain, Alan

doi:10.1007/11853565_17

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“…Games like "Uncle Roy All Around You" [3] and "Hitchers" [11] present new views on how location information is gathered from the user, with the aim of using less invasive methods. In the first game, the location is either provided directly by the user or inferred by the patterns perceived while the user interacts with the game map.…”

Section: Ubigamesmentioning

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uOS: A Resource Rerouting Middleware for Ubiquitous Games

Buzeto

Capretz

Castanho

et al. 2013

2013 IEEE 10th International Conference on Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing and 2013 IEEE 10th International Conference On

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Abstract-Ubiquitous computing (ubicomp) relies on the computation distributed over the environment to simplify the tasks performed by its users. A smart space is an instance of a ubiquitous environment, composed of a dynamic and heterogeneous set of devices that interact to support the execution of distributed smart applications. In this context, mobile devices provide new resources when they join the environment, which disappear when they leave it. This introduces the challenge of self-adaptation, in which smart applications may either include new resources as they become available or replace them when they become unavailable. Ubiquitous games combine ubicomp and computer game technologies to enrich user's experience and fun. Such games may benefit from different input and output resources offered by mobile devices. To support the development and deployment of ubiquitous games, this work presents the uOS middleware. Using a DSOA (Device Service Oriented Architecture) based architecture and lightweight service discovery protocols, uOS ensures compatibility among resources, providing resource rerouting between heterogeneous and limited software and hardware platforms. The uMoleHunt game is presented to illustrate the practical application of uOS.

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Section: Ubigamesmentioning

confidence: 99%

uOS: A Resource Rerouting Middleware for Ubiquitous Games

Buzeto

Capretz

Castanho

et al. 2013

2013 IEEE 10th International Conference on Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing and 2013 IEEE 10th International Conference On

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“…Inspired by the concept of 'Games with a Purpose' (GWAP) [28,30], several researchers have proposed GWAP-based geotagging systems in recent years [6,9,11,15,[23][24][25][26]. Unlike conventional approaches, GWAP-based geotagging systems are asynchronously interactive.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Several GWAP-based geospatial tagging (geotagging) applications have been proposed in recent years [6,9,11,15,[23][24][25][26]. Generally, they can be grouped into two categories, non mission-based and mission-based, depending on the level of interaction among the players in a game.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…They provide incentives via a reward scheme that gives points to players when they contribute to the system (e.g., when they initiate or solve a task, or review a solution) [6,9,11,15]. For instance, Hitcher [11] is a location-based mobile game that exploits the cellular infrastructure. Specifically, in a Hitcher game, players create digital hitch hikers (with names, destinations and questions to ask other players) and drop them into their current cellular phone cell; or they pick up available hitchers from their current cell, answer their questions, carry them to new locations, and drop them again.…”

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An analytical study of GWAP-based geospatial tagging systems

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Syu

Wang

et al. 2009

Proceedings of the 5th International ICST Conference on Collaborative Computing: Networking, Applications, Worksharing

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Abstract-Geospatial tagging (geotagging) is an emerging and very promising application that can help users find a wide variety of location-specific information, and facilitate the development of future location-based services. Conventional geotagging systems share some limitations, such as the use of a two-phase operating model and the tendency to tag popular objects with simple contexts. To address these problems, geotagging systems based on the concept of 'Games with a Purpose' (GWAP) have been developed recently. In this study, we use analysis to investigate these new systems. Based on our analysis results, we design three metrics to evaluate the system performance, and develop five task assignment algorithms for a GWAP-based system. Using a comprehensive set of simulations under both synthetic and realistic mobility scenarios, we find that the Least-ThroughputFirst Assignment algorithm (LTFA) is the most effective approach because it can achieve competitive system utility, while its computational complexity remains moderate. We also find that, to improve the system utility, it is better to assign as many tasks as possible in each round. However, because players may feel annoyed if too many tasks are assigned at the same time, it is recommended that multiple tasks be assigned one by one in each round in order to achieve higher system utility.

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Designing Interfaces in Public Settings

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2011

Human-Computer Interaction Series

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Hitchers: Designing for Cellular Positioning

Cited by 30 publications

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uOS: A Resource Rerouting Middleware for Ubiquitous Games

uOS: A Resource Rerouting Middleware for Ubiquitous Games

An analytical study of GWAP-based geospatial tagging systems

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