Wearable gaming technology: A study on the relationships between wearable features and gameful experiences

Augmented future: tracing the trajectory of location-based augmented reality gaming for the next ten years

“…An area of particular focus in this endeavour have been wearable technologies, which utilise a combination of sensors and computing to support AR and gaming experiences. 49 , 50 Games for smart watches 51 , 52 can be regarded as one example of the potential of wearables. There are also wearables such as tangible spatially aware objects (e.g., Apple air tags), that are so-far not yet used extensively in the game context, but have the potential to be useful there.…”

“…6 Since head-mounted displays, AR glasses, smart watches, and other wearables are becoming more commonplace, shortcomings related to these devices are being resolved, 56 and major industry players such as Apple and Meta are investing heavily into them, 6 we expect the trend of the wearable gaming devices improving only to continue and enable better AR gaming experiences in the future. 50 (Technical) Trend #2: Wearable gaming devices will keep getting better, enabling more intuitive interactions and movement in the real world. As outlined in (GIS) Trend #4, we are seeing the enhancement of SDIs, which apart from the aspect of expanding GIS data, also has an infrastructure perspective.…”

“…6 Since head-mounted displays, AR glasses, smart watches, and other wearables are becoming more commonplace, shortcomings related to these devices are being resolved, 56 and major industry players such as Apple and Meta are investing heavily into them, 6 we expect the trend of the wearable gaming devices improving only to continue and enable better AR gaming experiences in the future. 50 …”

“…Second, we analyse how the trajectories alter or impact the connections between LBGs and the physical world. Third, we discuss how the trajectories impact the interactions in LBGs, predominantly from the perspective of whether and how wearables 49 , 50 might replace or support the smartphone as the main interaction device. Fourth and finally, we propose theses for the future of LBGs based on our primary analysis, and through speculative design, derive three possible future LBG scenarios.…”

“…When sticking to the aspect of outdoor locomotion in LBGs, the first trend seems paramount and is supported by wearable devices, 50 and head-mounted displays such as AR glasses that will shift our focus away from the mobile device to the real world. 6 When focusing on the second aspect, we notice that LBGs are commonly played on mobile devices with limited computational power compared to other gaming platforms.…”