Title
Uncle Roy all around you: mixing games and theatre on the city streets
Abstract
We describe Uncle Roy All Around You, a mixture of game and theatre that took place in central London in late May and early June of 2003. Street players, equipped with handheld computers and wireless networking, journeyed through the streets of the city in search of an elusive character called Uncle Roy, while online players journeyed through a parallel 3D model of the city, were able to track their progress and could communicate with them in order to help or hinder them. We describe how Uncle Roy All Around You mixed elements of pre- programmed game content with live performance and behind the scenes orchestration to create a compelling experience, especially for street players. We suggest that finding ways to scale this approach to support larger numbers of participants is an important challenge for future research.
Year
Venue
Keywords
2003
DIGRA Conf.
pervasive games,mixed reality,orchestration,performance,theatre,mobility,handheld computer,wireless network
Field
DocType
Citations 
Wireless network,Computer science,Mobile device,Orchestration (computing),Multimedia
Conference
16
PageRank 
References 
Authors
1.65
7
11
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Martin Flintham184590.56
Rob Anastasi253861.47
Steve Benford35886696.64
Adam Drozd449252.21
James Mathrick5161.65
Duncan Rowland660956.41
Amanda Oldroyd710416.80
Jon Sutton88813.26
Nick Tandavanitj959668.07
Matt Adams1062880.24
Ju Row-Farr1151871.09