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Pokémon Go and
What It Means for Parks
By Nicolas Amselle

S

uddenly, tens of thousands of people can be found wandering around parks
and public spaces, cellphones at arm's length, looking intently at their screens.
Along with millions of people across the world, they are playing Pokémon Go,
the latest form in the evolutionary chain of " augmented reality games. "

Augmented reality games came about in
the 1990s, with the basic premise of disseminating links to real-world websites,
real-world phone lines and real-world
email addresses that were necessary to
the play the game. A phone number or
web link found in the game may lead the
player to a pre-recorded message with
clues or directions to follow the quest
and complete the game.
San Francisco-based software developer Niantic took this technology a
step further in 2012 with the creation
of " Ingress, " an app-based game that
required players to visit real-world locations in order to advance in the game
for their " teams. " Ingress paved the
way for Pokémon Go, Niantic's latest
and most advanced augmented reality
game - and likely representative of
the next evolution of augmented reality games - to date. Pokémon Go forces players to walk, outside the home,
in parks and public spaces. Walking allows the player to capture " Pokémon, "
monster-like creatures with various
powers and attributes. Players must
also hatch eggs, which only begin to
open after walking a certain distance.
Players are encouraged to travel to areas with high volumes of " Pokéstops. "
These Pokéstops are focal points for
obtaining the items necessary in the
quest to catch as many Pokémon as
possible. Pokéstops are real-world loca	

tions that have real-world significance,
such as statues, memorials, plaques,
signs, historic sites or natural features
- anything in the real world that you
would take a picture of on a trip to that
location is a Pokéstop.

This isn't the first time video game developers have attempted to get their fans
physically active. Nintendo - which
co-developed Pokémon Go with Niantic
and The Pokémon Company - made
a pedometer that came with one of its
prior games that allowed players to train
Pokémon by walking. Systems within the
game were developed that required users
to physically travel to a location with
other people in order to trade Pokémon.

Augmented reality games like Pokémon Go track a player's progress through his or her
real-world interactions. Certain features of the game, like hatching eggs, will only advance when
the player is walking, but not when she is driving. Such design elements should encourage
gamers to get up, go outside and start walking.
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