MyTerritory: evaluation of outdoor gaming prototype for music discovery

  • Authors:
  • Arto Lehtiniemi;Jarno Ojala

  • Affiliations:
  • Nokia Research Center, Visiokatu, Tampere, Finland;Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Multimedia
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

This paper presents an outdoor gaming prototype for music discovery and its field-trial evaluation by 15 Finnish users. The implemented mobile prototype enables users to conquer physical areas from a map view by circulating them and assigning songs to dominate the areas. Music can then be consumed from these areas by other users using three different methods. Based on the results, the concept adds novel experiences to outdoor gaming and music discovery. Populating the world with music by competing in the game was seen as a motivating way to discover and share music. Outdoor exercising combined to discovering places conquered with new music were seen as important and interesting by all the users in the interviews. Users found the different music consumption options to be novel and useful. This paper proposes a set of general design drivers for music discovery in outdoor gaming and further development ideas for the concept.