A multi-user augemented reality board game

Bart Gerard

Mentor: Sten GovaertsPromotor: Prof. Erik Duval

Overview

• Concept• Goal• Paper prototype 2• Digital prototype 1• Schedule

• Questions?

Concept

• Digital variant of a real board game without– Overloading screen with information– Need of dedicated devices

Examples

Puerto Rico HD for iPad (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/puerto-rico-hd/id438437326?mt=8)

Examples

STARS - A Ubiquitous Computing Platform for Computer Augmented Tabletop Games(http://www.ipsi.fraunhofer.de/ambiente/paper/2003/magerkurth_stars_ubicomp03_new.pdf)

Goal

• Improve game experience– Limit setup time– Automatic rule checking– Player aid during game– Immersive experience

Mansions of Madness

• 2-5 players• Semi-cooperative– 1 keeper– 1-4 investigators

Paper prototype 2

• Focus– Gameplay / interaction

Paper prototype 2

• 2 parts1. Setup2. Investigator turn

Setup

• Objective– Start the game on two iPads.

1 iPad has to run an investigator application1 iPad has to run the keeper application

Setup

Setup

Setup

Setup

Setup

Setup

Setup

Setup

Setup

Setup

Investigator turn

• Objective– Find first clue card.

Investigator turn

Investigator turn

Investigator turn

Investigator turn

Old

Target

Info: Stats, skills, …

Cards

Explore

Paper prototype 2

Paper prototype 2

• Average SUS score– Prototype 01: 75– Prototype 02: 83.33

Paper prototype 2

Paper prototype 2

• Remarks– QR codes– Buttons should be bigger

Digital prototype 1

• Focus– Gameplay / interaction– Satisfaction

Digital prototype 1

• Demo

Digital prototype 1

Digital prototype 1

• Average SUS score: 80.5

Digital prototype 1

Digital prototype 1

• Remarks– Buttons should be bigger– Player aid– Bugs– Story choice selection– iPad too heavy– First time is difficult

Statistics

• Total: 485u35m• Literature: 115u25m• Implementation: 180u30m• Design: 40u• Evaluation: 18u30m• Report: 15u• Text: 58u• Meetings: 14u35• Rest (blogging, tweeting, …): 32u25m

Statistics

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Sum Week

Statistics

• # Blogposts: 23• # Tweets: 31• # Comments: 11

Schedule

• 19 mar - 1 apr: Report and presentation• 2 apr - 15 apr: Finish text about prototypes

and application v1.0• 16 apr - 22 apr: Create poster• 23 apr - 13 may: Adapt, test and evaluate

application v2.0• 14 may - 8 jun: Write, write, ...

Questions?