Adaptive Narration in Multiplayer Ubiquitous Games

Abstract

The goal of this research is to develop new gameplays and new narration principles for MUGs (Multiplayer Ubiquitous Games). We aim to formalize a narrative mechanism to generate events which can stimulate the user’s physical actions with the real world, and social communications with other players. We first present a pattern to identify the feedback relationship between the real world and the virtual world. We then analyze the notion of narration in games and the notion of user’s model in information technology. Based on this analysis, a narration adaptive to the user’s profile in considering the real world context is proposed. The last part of the paper is devoted to an experimental game MugNSRC developed through of the preceding principles. A prototype of this game has been developed using off the shell services available on geolocalized mobile phones.

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SoundPark: Towards Highly Collaborative Game Support in a Ubiquitous Computing Architecture

“…The infrastructure of multiplayer ubiquitous games is typically based on computationally limited devices such as mobile phones, PDAs, and portable game systems, that delegate the complexity of group communication and state management to servers. In this context, mobile devices have traditionally enabled ubiquitous mixed reality by providing geo-localization, either to provide players' position or to collect virtual objects in the environment [5]. Examples include Botfighter [6], CanYouSeeMeNow [7], Mogi [8], and CatchBob [9].…”

Towards a Characterization of Narrative Cognition: Eeg Metrics for Continuous Narrative Trajectories

“…This category of studies put one step further than the first category, where the implement the experiments after developing the narrative frameworks. Exposing the subjects to real-life narrative situations in mixed realties and comparing the results with the non-VR condition, they show that the immersive narratives lead to higher attention and engagement (Natkin et al, 2007). We also found studies investigating the effects of VR on user experience, VR as a narrative medium, and some elaborating on how narrative tools can be used in VR (Aylett & Louchart, 2003;Nakevska et al, 2017;Olsson & Salo, 2012;Ostrin et al, 2018).…”

“…In this category, the researchers focus on potential and limitations of developing the narrative frameworks in immersive environments, trying to overcome the limitations to provide immersive narratives. The second category of studies conducts narrative experiments in mixed/virtual reality systems (Natkin et al, 2007). This category of studies put one step further than the first category, where the implement the experiments after developing the narrative frameworks.…”