Personalizing Narratives to Support Motivation for Physical Activity

Korhonen, Ossi; Oduor, Michael; Isomursu, Minna

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“…In our study, we tried to avoid this tricky problem by selecting the site near a street corner, but this may not be avoidable in other onsite applications, especially when users have to stand close to the models. For future work to optimize the application, as Haahr (2017) and Korhonen et al (2017) have claimed, the balance between the virtual and the physical world should also be addressed. 4) Attempting to involve the public to continuously use the platform in different environments may also be difficult.…”

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Public participation in urban design with augmented reality technology based on indicator evaluation

Wang

Lin

2023

Front. Virtual Real.

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Decision-making processes in traditional urban design approaches are mainly top-down. Such processes have defects including not only taking a long time to examine design results but also leading to irreversible impacts after design implementation. Policymakers and researchers stress the importance of collaborating with different stakeholders in the process of urban design policy and guideline making in order to minimize these negative impacts. However, introducing public participation into urban design from the bottom up is challenging, especially when the process involves abstract urban design concepts such as indicators. This paper explores a new workflow aimed at enhancing public participation to cooperate in urban design work with the help of a newly designed platform tool powered by mobile augmented-reality technologies. The platform is intuitive to use and displays scenes of potential urban design results by superimposing the virtual models onto real-world environments on mobile devices. The public stakeholders are provided with this platform on-site to evaluate the initial values of urban design indicators by interacting with the prototype design along with an immersive experience. They can also grow familiar with the concepts of the given indicators during this process, which helps them better understand the implications of guidelines in future published urban design drafts and estimate the potential results. Their feedback is collected, which can help urban designers further optimize the indicators in urban design guideline making in order to improve their rationality. This process of urban design involving public participation is repeatable, which makes it possible to continuously adjust the design results. A user study was conducted to examine the platform’s usability and its ability to enhance public familiarity with the concepts of given indicators and their willingness to participate in urban design evaluation. The study also attests to the possibility of a workflow that integrates public feedback with the urban design process.

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Public participation in urban design with augmented reality technology based on indicator evaluation

Wang

Lin

2023

Front. Virtual Real.

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“…Future improvements include adding gamified elements such as points, challenges, leaderboard, and virtual rewards (Pang et al, 2019;Fonseca et al, 2021) and considering player's preferences as there are contexts where users prefer certain features over others, as in Lindqvist et al (2018) where cooperation, especially among families, was valued over competition. Future work should also focus on addressing the balance between the virtual and the physical world (Haahr, 2017;Korhonen et al, 2017) and linking in-game virtual rewards to actual activity in the physical environment as highlighted in Korhonen, Oduor and Isomursu's (2017) study about Zombies Run! This pilot study outlined how to encourage urban exploration and active mobility through interactive games and is an initial step for a more comprehensive evaluation of community-wide locationbased games.…”

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“…Such community-wide interventions are effective in increasing levels of mental wellbeing among the physically inactive and in promoting increased levels of physical activity (Coombes and Jones, 2016;Harris, 2018aHarris, , 2018b. Using locative media to move through familiar surroundings can also increase the quality of fun, social interaction, and exploration (Haahr, 2017;Korhonen et al, 2017;Papangelis et al, 2020;Tzima et al, 2021). However, the impact of locative media on physical activity tends to reduce over time (Broom and Flint, 2018) and research suggests that there are limited options or increased barriers for minority populations to play (Hjorth and Richardson, 2017).…”

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Interactive Urban Play to Encourage Active Mobility: Usability Study of a Web-Based Augmented Reality Application

Oduor

Perälä²

2021

Front. Comput. Sci.

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Owing to increasing cases of sedentary lifestyles and their negative impact on health, practical solutions are needed to address the physical and mental wellbeing of citizens and to enhance their standard of living. Among the problems are premature mortality rates caused by physical inactivity, which leads to chronic diseases. Innovative solutions are needed to address many of the problems that we face as a society. Location-based games have been identified as effective solutions for increasing physical activity, enhancing social interaction, and exploration in urban environments. In this pilot study, we explore how to encourage active mobility (walking and cycling) through urban play by integrating technology into the built environment. We examined the usability of a web-based augmented reality application in providing interactive experience to users as they explored the urban environment looking for tasks. Overall, participants’ perceptions of the usability of the application were positive; they enjoyed how the application revealed the tasks at each location and all the checkpoints at the different locations had at least a couple of visitors. We present limitations and future research directions.

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Urban Play and the Playable City: A Critical Perspective

2022

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Personalizing Narratives to Support Motivation for Physical Activity

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Public participation in urban design with augmented reality technology based on indicator evaluation

Public participation in urban design with augmented reality technology based on indicator evaluation

Interactive Urban Play to Encourage Active Mobility: Usability Study of a Web-Based Augmented Reality Application

Urban Play and the Playable City: A Critical Perspective

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