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Building the “Complete Game”: An Overview Study of a Development Strategy for Geo AR Mobile Games

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HCI International 2022 - Late Breaking Papers. Interaction in New Media, Learning and Games (HCII 2022)

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This paper presents a bibliometric analysis and literature review on the Geo AR mobile game, a new form of video game enabled by geolocation and augmented reality technology. The definition of the Geo AR mobile game, its development history and business status are identified and with the current research topics around it. It’s noted that there is a prevailing problem of sustainable success among Geo AR mobile games, and it is little addressed in current academic conversations. Therefore, this paper proposes that Geo AR mobile games should be built as the “complete game” for sustainable success.

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Liu, H.X. (2022). Building the “Complete Game”: An Overview Study of a Development Strategy for Geo AR Mobile Games. In: Meiselwitz, G., et al. HCI International 2022 - Late Breaking Papers. Interaction in New Media, Learning and Games. HCII 2022. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13517. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-22131-6_45

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