A Survey of Characteristic Engine Features for Technology-Sustained Pervasive Games

• Main Author: Nevelsteen, Kim J.L (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Computer Science,
• Subjects: Computer science.; User interfaces (Computer systems).; Artificial intelligence.; Computer graphics.; Computer Science.; User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction.; Computer Imaging, Vision, Pattern Recognition and Graphics.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).

This book scrutinizes pervasive games from a technological perspective, focusing on the sub-domain of games that satisfy the criteria that they make use of virtual game elements. In the computer game industry, the use of a game engine to build games is common, but current game engines do not support...

Table of Contents:

• Pervasive Games with Persistent Worlds
• Survey of Pervasive Games and Technologies
• Case Study: Virtual World Engine Staging a Pervasive Game
• Possible Extensions.