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Enhancing Board Games with Multi-User Augmented Reality: A Prototype Overview

This project explores a multi-user augmented reality board game designed to enhance player engagement through immersive and interactive experiences. It integrates real board elements with augmented reality features, promoting social interaction and reducing setup time and complexity. The paper prototype has been evaluated for usability, aiming to support beginners while maintaining a rich gameplay experience. Key statistics, design findings, and scheduling for the project’s phases are discussed, along with a focus on usability and functionality challenges in blending traditional and tangible user interfaces.

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Enhancing Board Games with Multi-User Augmented Reality: A Prototype Overview

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  1. A multi-user augementedreality board game Bart Gerard Mentor: Sten Govaerts Promotor: Prof. Erik Duval

  2. Overview • Why board games? • Goals • Paper prototype 1 • Statistics • Schedule • Questions?

  3. Why board games? • Initialideas:A multi-user augmentedreality… • … reality game • … guided tour (nature/city/museum) • … board game

  4. Why board games? • Reason • BoardGameGeek(http://boardgamegeek.com/user/bartg12345) • Setup time • Automatic rulechecking • Tutorial • Playeraidduring game • Total immersion • Complexity

  5. Mansions of Madness • 2-5 players • Semi-cooperative • 1 keeper • 1-4 investigators

  6. WhyMansions of Madness? • Story driven • H.P. Lovecraft • Long setup time • Hugerulebook • Complex • Unknown

  7. Goals • Research • Bringpeopletogether • Immersiveexperience • Expandable

  8. Goals • Practical • Support for beginners, … • Complete • Limit setup time • Limit learning curve • Simultaneousplay • Secret information / actions

  9. Examples Smallworld

  10. Examples Smallworld(http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/small-world-for-ipad/id364165557?mt=8)

  11. Examples Puerto Rico

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

  13. Examples STARS - A Ubiquitous Computing Platform for Computer AugmentedTabletopGames (http://www.ipsi.fraunhofer.de/ambiente/paper/2003/magerkurth_stars_ubicomp03_new.pdf)

  14. Solution? AR! • Every user 1 iPad • Real board tiles • Real pawns(?) • No 3D -> 2D

  15. Paper prototype 1 • Focus • Gameplay / interaction • Notyet • Completeness • Playeraid

  16. Paper prototype 1 • 4 parts • Setup • Investigator turn • Keeper turn • Bonus

  17. Setup • Objective • Start the game on twoiPads.1 iPad has to run an investigator application1 iPad has to run the keeper application

  18. Setup

  19. Setup

  20. Setup

  21. Setup

  22. Investigator turn • Objective • Find first clue card.

  23. Investigator turn Target Info: Stats, skills, … Explore Cards

  24. Keeper turn • Objective • Usemythos card toannoy investigator • Use keeper action card tosummoncultists

  25. Keeper turn

  26. Bonus • Objective • Find information of other investigators • Find information about the keeper

  27. Bonus

  28. Paper prototype 1 • Evaluation • Record • Think aloud • Questionnaire

  29. Paper prototype 1

  30. Paper prototype 1

  31. Paper prototype 1

  32. Paper prototype 1 • Average SUS score: 75

  33. Paper prototype 1

  34. Paper prototype 1 • Problems • Mix traditional UI en tangible UI • No support yet • Uncleartransitions • Information and action buttons alltogether

  35. Solution?

  36. Solution?

  37. Solution?

  38. Statistics • Total: 290u30m • Literature: 115u25m • Implementation: 71u • Design: 40u • Evaluation: 18u30m • Report: 15u • Meetings: 5u • Rest (blogging, tweeting, …): 25u25m

  39. Statistics

  40. Statistics • # Blogposts: 18 • # Tweets: 23 • # Comments: 11

  41. Schedule • 2 jan - 6 feb: Implementation • 10 feb - 20 feb: Finish literaturestudy • 21 feb - 26 feb: Scientificarticle • 27 feb - 18 mar: Test andevaluationapplication v1.0 • 19 mar - 1 apr: Report andpresentation • 2 apr - 10 apr: Finish textabout prototypes andapplication v1.0 • 16 apr - 22 apr: Create poster • 23 apr - 13 may: Adapt, test andevaluateapplication v2.0 • 14 may - 8 jun: Write, write, ...

  42. Questions?

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