Connecting the real world and virtual world through gaming

Abstract

This paper presents two novel interactive game entertainment systems named by Human Pacman and Touch spaced that ventures to embed the natural physical world seamlessly with a fantasy virtual playground by capitalizing on mobile computing, wireless LAN, ubiquitous computing, and motion-tracking technologies. We can connect seamlessly the computer virtual world to our real world through these game systems. Human Pacman and Touch space are physical role-playing augmented-reality computer fantasy together with real human-social and mobile gaming. They recapture human touch and physical interaction real-world environment as essential elements of the game play, whilst also maintaining the exciting fantasy features of traditional computer entertainment. It emphasizes collaboration and competition between players in a wide indoor and outdoor physical area which allows natural wide-area human-physical movements. © 2004 Springer Science + Business Media, Inc.