Gaze-based narratives for location-based games

Abstract

Location-based games require their players to move in the real world in order to interact with a virtual game layer which is spatially connected to the real world. It has been argued that place-related location-based games, i.e., those where the narrative of the virtual layer is closely related to the places in the real world, provide a particularly immersive experience. This position paper suggests enriching these playful immersive experiences with the interaction concept Gaze-Based Narratives. It is proposed to guide the player’s eye gaze to real-world objects relevant for the game and to adapt the story of the game dynamically to the real-world objects that have been looked at previously.