Getting Healthy by Catching Them All: A Study on the Relationship Between Player Orientations and Perceived Health Benefits in an Augmented Reality Game

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dc.contributor.author Koivisto, Jonna
dc.contributor.author Malik, Aqdas
dc.contributor.author Gurkan, Bahadir
dc.contributor.author Hamari, Juho
dc.date.accessioned 2019-01-02T23:56:48Z
dc.date.available 2019-01-02T23:56:48Z
dc.date.issued 2019-01-08
dc.description.abstract In recent years, location-based augmented reality games such as Pokémon Go have become increasingly popular. These games not only afford a novel gaming experience, but also have the potential to alter how players view their physical realities and alter the dynamics of traditional game play from its sedentary nature towards a more physical one. In this paper we investigate what kinds of players (achievement, immersion or social interaction -oriented) are more likely to derive health benefits from playing augmented reality games. We employ online survey data gathered among players of Pokémon Go (N=1190). The results show that playing location-based augmented reality games has a positive association with perceived mental, physical and social health outcomes overall. The results also suggest that the way in which players approach the game and what kinds of aspects of the game they emphasize can have a differential dynamic on how the health benefits of the game manifest. Results show that social gaming orientation is positively associated with physical, mental and social health outcomes, whereas achievement and immersion orientations are associated with physical and mental health outcomes.
dc.format.extent 10 pages
dc.identifier.doi 10.24251/HICSS.2019.216
dc.identifier.isbn 978-0-9981331-2-6
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10125/59618
dc.language.iso eng
dc.relation.ispartof Proceedings of the 52nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
dc.rights Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subject Mixed, Augmented and Virtual Reality: Co-designed Services and Applications
dc.subject Decision Analytics, Mobile Services, and Service Science
dc.subject augmented reality, game, gamification, health, player orientation
dc.title Getting Healthy by Catching Them All: A Study on the Relationship Between Player Orientations and Perceived Health Benefits in an Augmented Reality Game
dc.type Conference Paper
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