Phone Tag EE 368 Project Proposal

Ubiquitous smartphones with their wide range of integrated peripherals present designers with opportunities to use the devices in novel ways. Interactive augmented-reality experiences that would have previously been deemed too expensive to be commercially viable can now be produced at a low cost. Leveraging the hardware that the consumer already carries has produced a wide variety of options for entertainment. To explore the use of these resources in an interactive social context, we propose the development of a multiplayer game, played in real space, with game mechanics that are supported by an augmented reality display provided by a smartphone. Our model will be a game similar to laser tag, with the laser tag gun, sensors and controllers replaced with the players’ smartphones (in this case Android devices).