Presenting on Analysing Micro-Location Beacon Gamification: Scenarios, Types and Characteristics

Description

Gamification applied to service marketing is a growing area of research with increasing focus on physical location and service. However, there are often accuracy issues with GPS implementations of location-based gamification. In this problem domain, micro-location has emerged. This paper proposes an analysis method to theme and categorises micro-located gamification applications in an effort to understand the capabilities, advantages and shortcomings of the technology. Data were gathered from 30 micro-located gamification applications between the years of 2013 and 2018. The data were analysed through relational content analysis allowing categorisation and theme identification. Various scenarios are presented where micro-location plays a significant HCI role. Examples of existing services that implement gamification are also presented. Finally, factors that impact the micro-location method are explored. These findings contribute to HCI by providing guidance for present and perspective micro-location gamification implementations.

Period	7 Dec 2018
Held at	30th Australian Conference on Computer-Human Interaction, OzCHI 2018
Event type	Conference
Conference number	30th
Location	Melbourne, Australia
Degree of Recognition	International