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Location-based gameswhere are we now
and where are we going?
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Credits
Thanks everyone!
Todd Chaffee (Bluecrow) Daniel Doherty (Graff Orm) Tev Smith Dave Nattriss (natts.com) Lee Stacy (Beyond) Anthony Appleby James Turner (TwoWay Media) Byron Atkinson-Jones (xiotex studios) Tak Fung (Supermono Studios) Murdo Munro (Scramboo) Perry Oostdam (Georun.com) Ralph Barbagallo (Flarb) Chris Connell (Armillary/Conjure) all my GameCamp session people
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apodidraskinda
http://www.flickr.com/photos/taimoo/3050299811/
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Harun-Charlemagne.jpg
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Folger_Merchant_of_Venice.JPG
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Computer
games
•computers quickly colonised by games
•solitary player, tethered to terminal
Connected
games
•connected computers quickly colonised by multiplayer games
•player still tethered to terminal
Mobile games
•mobile devices quickly colonised by games
•play anywhere
GPS enable
d smartphones
•1.5 billion smartphones in use, most GPS capable
•smartphone quickly colonised by games (and apps and social platforms)
http://readwrite.com/2013/05/29/huge-potential-only-15-of-global-internet-traffic-is-mobile
THEN
NOW
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We’ve got GPS. It’s pretty good (but not perfect).
http://www.gps.gov/systems/gps/performance/accuracy/histogram.png
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We’ve got maps. Lots of maps.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lymang/2559463400/sizes/l/in/photostream/
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the future is already hereit’s just not very evenly
distributed
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/File:William_Ford_Gibson.jpg
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mobile location services will not in themselves be identified as a set of killer applications but rather location information will be integrated as the value-adding element in a whole range of services
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mobile location services will not in themselves be identified as a set of killer applications but rather location information will be integrated as the value-adding element in a whole range of services
Nokia Mobile Location Services White Paper 2001
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Our route plan today
So ...what?
Dark data
Service trends
Shining successes
Definition
Exclusions
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:South_Shetland_Islands_and_Antarctica.jpg
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Definition
Location based game:
makes the location of the player an element of the game logic, using the player’s device
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Success stories
Geocaching
Foursquare
Ingress
Zombies Run
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http://www.geocaching.com/map/#?ll=47.6681,-122.22548&z=13
Geocaching.com
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lq-8Y-YLcNI&feature=youtu.be&t=9s
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lq-8Y-YLcNI&feature=youtu.be&t=15s, 29s
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FourSquare.com
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via my login http://ingress.com/intel
Ingress
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http://youtu.be/xTE1zuTvNWE?t=13s
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http://youtu.be/xTE1zuTvNWE?t=37s
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http://youtu.be/xlRgBvYFxTo?t=15s
Zombies Run
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http://zombiesrungame.com
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Geocache.com
4Sq Ingress ZombiesRun (all)
Users 4 m 30 m 1-5 m 450 k
Game-y
P vs P
Social
User content
Money ?? ??
C direct
B2B2C
IndirectThis is my opinion. It might be wrong.
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Dark data
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source http://appannie.com
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source http://appannie.com
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Service trends
Geosophic
Scramboo
GeoRun & SnapAR
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source http://geosophic.com
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source http://geosophic.com
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http://scramboo.com
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http://georun.com
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http://snapar.com
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http://scvngr.com
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Futures
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Biz model evolution
Sponsored User pays
Global
Sponsored User pays
Specific
Now Next?
http://www.zeit.de/datenschutz/malte-spitz-data-retention
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PointOfInterestcheckin
Immersivefull-on parallel world
extremes
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PointOfInterestcheckin
Immersivefull-on parallel world
extremes
(boring) demandingunexplored
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game world
physical world
devic
e
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Two trends to watch
Social location services
Wearables
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Social location services
http://getmixer.com, https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/alibi/id607995639?mt=8
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Hell is other people
(andthere’san appforthat)
http://hellisotherpeople.herokuapp.com/map/
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Wearables