Authors:Adriana de Souza e Silva, Daniel M. Sutko, Adriana d
Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing
Keywords: digital, formations, playspaces, merging, cityscapes, urban
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 2009-07-06
List price: $36.95
ISBN-10: 1433105322
ISBN-13: 9781433105326

The convergence of smartphones, GPS, the Internet, and social networks has given rise to a playful, educational, and social media known as location-based and hybrid reality games. The essays in this book investigate this new phenomenon and provide a broad overview of the emerging field of location-aware mobile games, highlighting critical, social scientific, and design approaches to these types of games, and drawing attention to the social and cultural implications of mobile technologies in contemporary society. With a comprehensive approach that includes theory, design, and education, this ed