Enhancing Tabletop Games with Relative Positioning Technology
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Research in pervasive and ubiquitous computing has produced especially small and powerful technologies. In this paper we motivate the application of these new technologies in tabletop games that do not rely on special game boards, but are mainly played on custom made miniature landscapes created by the players. We propose the RELATE [1] platform for augmenting miniatures normally used as game pieces in these tabletop games. Thereby the RELATE platform augments tabletop miniatures with relative positioning, communication and computing power. We discuss how the gaming experience can benefit form this technology.
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تاریخ انتشار 2004