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Yasmine’s adventures: an interactive urban exploring the sociocultural potential of digital entertainment

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Urban computing systems impact quality of life in densely populated areas. With the widespread availability of wireless networks and portable devices, ur ban areas are fast becoming a hybrid of the physical environment and the digital datasphere. This paper describes Yasmine’s Adventures, a location aware story telling platform that leverages on urban computing strategies to create an inter active walk through the Mehringplatz area, surrounding the Jewish Museum in Berlin. Yasmine’s Adventures (YA) is a mobile application that delivers a se quence of animations clips tailored specifically to the Mehringplatz neighbour hood. The story follows an adventurous local girl as she walks home alone, vis iting local landmarks. Yasmine’s perceptions of the landmarks, identified by community members in an earlier workshop, reflect the real concerns of the community. This interactive experience was created to engage visitors of the Jewish Museum to explore the relatively neglected streets of the area in which the museum is situated.

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Mobile socially driven entertainment Interactive narrative Digital storytelling Location aware virtual reality Urban computing . Faculdade de Ciências Exatas e da Engenharia

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Luis Ferreira, Nuno Nunes, Valentina Nisi, Mara Dionisio, Julian Hanna. Yasmine’s Adventures: An Interactive Urban Experience Exploring the Sociocultural Potential of Digital Entertainment. 14th International Conference on Entertainment Computing (ICEC), Sep 2015, Trondheim, Norway. pp.343-356, ff10.1007/978-3-319-24589-8_26ff. ffhal-01758472f

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