Project R-4314

A research on the use of Ubiquitous Urban Games to generate Mental Maps (Research)

The scope of the research is to develop a toolbox that helps visualizing how people use, perceive and conceive a given spatial environment, in other words: a toolbox to visualize mental maps. The innovative aspect of this research is to rely - for the development of this toolbox - on recent advancements within locative and media technology, specifically on recent advancements within ubiquitous gaming. We argue that ubiquitous games can be employed to visualize mental maps. The scope of the research is to validate this argument, by developing a ubiquitous game for a given spatial context and within a given theme.

25 November 2008 - 31 December 2013