SPLASH: Blending Gaming and Content Sharing in a Location-Based Mobile Application
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چکیده
In this demonstration, we introduce SPLASH (Seek, PLAy, SHare), a mobile application which blends gaming with content sharing and socializing activities. SPLASH is a human computation game that generates location-based content as a byproduct of gameplay. The entertainment derived from gameplay is harnessed to motivate users to contribute content. A detailed description of the features in SPLASH and its distinctive characteristics will also be presented.
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