ABSTRACT
Superhuman sports (SHS) is a field where technological augmentations of human abilities and environment are combined to play a new and exciting sport. SHS make use of artificial senses or virtual reality to create a new experience that involves physical fitness and skills. Star Tag aims to combine these aspects with an engaging audience experience. This augmented reality game uses the Microsoft HoloLens, making it possible to move through a mixed reality space effectively. Star Tag is a competitive multiplayer game where players need to conquer all planets from their opponent to win the game. Players need to move around in a physical space from virtual planet to virtual planet in order to navigate the game-space and reach the planets. The audience is involved with the game via their phones, through which they can support the players. Through playtesting and conducting a survey, the results show that Star Tag is a superhuman sport that motivates people to be physically active.
Overview of first-person player view (left) and co-located audience view (right).
Conceptual illustration of player view. Conceptual illustration of audience view.
CITING
@inproceedings{numanStarTagSuperhuman2019,
title = {Star {{Tag}}: {{A}} Superhuman Sport to Promote Physical Activity},
author={Numan, Nels and Kolster, Ayla and Hoogerwerf, Niels and Kreynen, Bernd and Romeijnders, Jeanique and Huala, Tomas Heinsohn and Salamon, Nestor Z and Balint, J Timothy and Lukosch, Stephan and Bidarra, Rafael},
booktitle={2019 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR)},
pages={1826--1830},
year={2019},
organization={IEEE},
doi={10.1109/VR.2019.8797806}
}