Leicester Castle tells its story beacon-based mobile interpretation for historic buildings

Vavoula, Giasemi; Tseliou, Maria-Anna; Ffoster-Jones, Rheinallt; Coleman, Sally Whitman; Long, Paul; Simpson, Esther

doi:10.1109/digitalheritage.2015.7413918

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“…This is the result of a software configuration that seamlessly merged the virtual gaming world with the physical environment and local POI. While BLE-based gaming has been utilized before (Nilsson et al, 2016a;Vavoula et al, 2019;Kanjo and Woodward, 2023), previous works have always used smartphones rather than wearable devices, that offer a more ubiquitous gaming experience. This wearable approach allows for a user-friendly experience where the screen is continuously updated to show relative location to nearby POI through simple colors and on-screen representations of locations, enabling the platform to be used easily by any user, not only by tech-savvy people.…”

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A stand-alone proximity-based gaming wearable for remote physical activity monitoring

Woodward,

Kanjo,

Parker

et al. 2024

DCE

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The Internet of Things (IoT) and wearable computing are crucial elements of modern information systems and applications in which advanced features for user interactivity and monitoring are required. However, in the fields of pervasive gaming, IoT has had limited real-world applications. In this work, we present a prototype of a wearable platform for pervasive games that combines IoT with wearable computing to enable the real-time monitoring of physical activity. The main objective of the solution is to promote the utilization of gamification techniques to enhance the physical activity of users through challenges and quests. This aims to create a symbolic link between the virtual gameplay and the real-world environment without the requirement of a smartphone. With the integration of sensors and wearable devices by design, the platform has the capability of real-time monitoring the users’ physical activity during the game. The system performance results highlight the efficiency and attractiveness of the wearable platform for gamifying physical activity.

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A stand-alone proximity-based gaming wearable for remote physical activity monitoring

Woodward,

Kanjo,

Parker

et al. 2024

DCE

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“…BLE have also been used for geocaching however the experience had limited gamification and GPS was still used to measure distances [9]. Furthermore, mobile experiences using beacons have been developed for shopping malls [10] and attractions [11], [12] although these applications have very little gamification aspects and do not integrate other technologies such as NFC or AI. Furthermore many implementations are for basic navigation in city environments [12] where GPS would be better suited.…”

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Tag in the Park: Paving the Way for Proximity-Based AI Pervasive Games

Kanjo¹,

Woodward²

2023

IEEE Commun. Mag.

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In this paper we introduce "Tag in the Park", a mobile platform merging short-range wireless communication and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to create an interactive gamified experience through virtual treasure hunts. Central to this is a mobile app that revolves around the interaction with a network of Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacons and Near Field Communication (NFC) tags. These miniature smart devices provide contextual information, AI challenges, quizzes and nudges for a gamified, and active visitor experience which can help increase engagement and promote physical activity. "Tag in The Park" is currently available for download on both Google Play and Apple Store and the platform is fully set up and open to visitors at Rufford Abbey Park, Nottinghamshire. Results indicate the mobile platform helps engage visitors, encourages exploration and increases visitor economy.

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“…[9] used crowdsourcing to develop WiFi fingerprint positioning. WiFi signals are omnipresent in cities and BLE beacons are deployed to support mobile applications with guide functions in places like castles [10] or cities [11].…”

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Aggregation of GPS, WLAN, and BLE Localization Measurements for Mobile Devices in Simulated Environments

Książek

Grochla

2019

Sensors

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There are multiple available technologies to find the location of a mobile device, such as the Global Positioning System (GPS), Bluetooth Low-Energy beacons (BLE), and Wireless LAN (WLAN) localization. We propose a novel method to estimate the location of a moving device by aggregating information from multiple positioning systems into a single, more precise location estimation. The aggregated location is calculated as the place in which the product of the probability density functions (PDF) of individual methods has the maximum value. The experimental probability density functions of the three analyzed technologies are fitted by gamma distributions based on error histograms found in the literature and measurement data. The location measurements of the individual technologies are provided at different time instants, so the weighted product of the PDFs is used to improve aggregation accuracy. The discrete event-simulation model was used to evaluate the aggregation method with the Gauss–Markov mobility model. Simulations demonstrated that the calculated aggregated location was more accurate than any of the methods taken as the input, and average error was decreased by almost 13% compared to an arithmetic mean of the three considered localization methods, and by more than 36% compared to the single method with the highest accuracy.

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Leicester Castle tells its story beacon-based mobile interpretation for historic buildings

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A stand-alone proximity-based gaming wearable for remote physical activity monitoring

A stand-alone proximity-based gaming wearable for remote physical activity monitoring

Tag in the Park: Paving the Way for Proximity-Based AI Pervasive Games

Aggregation of GPS, WLAN, and BLE Localization Measurements for Mobile Devices in Simulated Environments

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