Capture the flag: mixed-reality social gaming with smart phones

The author developed a mobile, mixed-reality version of capture the flag, a popular genre of computer game. Our CTF game is novel in three ways. First, the smart phone is the main interface. Using the smart phone, players physically role-play virtual characters who try to capture enemy flags by trav...

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Published in:IEEE pervasive computing 2006-04, Vol.5 (2), p.62-69
Main Authors: Cheok, A.D., Anuroop Sreekumar, Lei, C., Thang, L.N.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cellular phones
collaboration
Computer networks
Contact
Couplings
Explosives
Flags
Games
Hardware
Humans
Landscapes
location-based systems
mixed reality
Mobile computing
Perception
Personal digital assistants
pervasive gaming
physical interaction
Players
Real time
smart phone
Smart phones
social computing
Telephones
Virtual reality
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Summary:The author developed a mobile, mixed-reality version of capture the flag, a popular genre of computer game. Our CTF game is novel in three ways. First, the smart phone is the main interface. Using the smart phone, players physically role-play virtual characters who try to capture enemy flags by traversing different landscapes. This approach creates a direct, real-time linkage between the real and virtual worlds. Second, players can move freely in the real world over a wide area while maintaining seamless real-time networked contact with other players in both the real and virtual worlds. Third, CTF explores novel tangible aspects of human physical movement and perception, both in the real-world playing environment and in interaction with the virtual world.
ISSN:1536-1268
1558-2590
DOI:10.1109/MPRV.2006.25