Augmented Reality | Game Transfer Phenomena

Game Transfer Phenomena, Augmented Reality and Pokémon Go

August 31, 2017September 21, 2017 Dr Angelica Ortiz de Gortari 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, 2016January 20, 2019 Dr Angelica Ortiz de Gortari 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 Dr Angelica Ortiz de Gortari 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 […]