Extending cyberspace: Location based games using cellular phones

Computers in Entertainment

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-20

  Rashid, Omer ^a   Mullins, Ian ^a   Coulton, Paul ^a   Edwards, Reuben ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cellular phones; Location based games; Location sensing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

CELLULAR PHONES; LOCATION-BASED GAMES; LOCATION-SENSING; VIRTUAL OBJECTS;

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 33745251070     PISSN: 15443574     EISSN: 15443574     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1111293.1111298     Document Type: Article

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