Game Transfer Phenomena, Augmented Reality and Pokémon Go

August 31, 2017September 21, 2017 angelica Augmented Reality, GTP studyAugmented reality, Pokemon Go, SLATE, University of Bergen1 Comment

It is easy to imagine how Augmented Reality technologies will transform, enhance or distort our everyday perceptions by superimposing vivid synthetic images on real world sceneries. Localization-based quasi-augmented reality games such as Ingress and more recently Pokémon Go, offer possibilities to get the first insights of Game Transfer Phenomena and […]

Pokémon GO is reviving old memories and creating new ones

July 19, 2016 angelica Augmented Reality, ReflectionsAugmented reality, Evocative objects, GTP automatic thoughts, Pokemon, Pokemon Go, Selective attentionLeave a comment

On the way to a dinner, my boyfriend and I decided to catch some Pokémon. After a couple of encounters, we felt we needed to catch them all on our way to the restaurant. Suddenly, some of our old basic primal instincts as hunters and collectors have been brought back […]

AR & Gamification of real life activities

January 11, 2013 angelica Augmented Reality, GamificationLeave a comment

A brilliant short sci-fi film. This video was created by Eran May-raz and Daniel Lazo and it was their graduation project from Bezaleal academy of arts. Sight portray a world in which apps are used to interact with the world using Augmenting Glasses. We are in fact not too far […]

Dr Angelica B. Ortiz de Gortari is a psychologist. Currently, a Marie Curie COFUND Postdoctoral Research fellow in Cyberpsychology at the Psychology and Neuroscience of Cognition Research Unit at the University of Liège. Critical inquiry on the psychosocial implications of interactive media technologies has been her professional passion since undergraduate school when she conducted one of the first studies on internet addiction. Game Transfer Phenomena (GTP) is her area of research expertise, for which she has won awards. Dr Ortiz de Gortari’s research has been featured in different media worldwide including New Scientist, BBC World Service, The International Herald Tribune, The Guardian, Discovery News, and History Channel News. Her research on GTP has also inspired an episode of the TV series CSI: Cyber. She has published academically and presented at several international conferences. The goal of her research is maximising the psychological and social benefits of interactive virtual technologies while reducing the potential risks it can present to some individuals.

Targeting the real life impact of virtual interactions

Category: Augmented Reality