The Research on the AR Technology Leaps and Bounds to Increase Pokémon GO's Attraction to Players

Lingzhi Guan

doi:10.54254/2753-7048/6/20220863

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Guan,L. (2023).The Research on the AR Technology Leaps and Bounds to Increase Pokémon GO's Attraction to Players.Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,6,884-888.

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The Research on the AR Technology Leaps and Bounds to Increase Pokémon GO's Attraction to Players

Lingzhi Guan *^,1,

¹ School of Communication and Information, School of Art and Science, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 08901, The United States

* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

https://doi.org/10.54254/2753-7048/6/20220863

Abstract

In this age, with the development of technology and society, video games have gradually entered people's lives, this not only become a way as an entertainment to help people to relax, but also becoming a new way to learn about innovative technology as a part of study. As the technology becomes more and more innovative, there are more and more video games use high technology, such as AR games. This paper will introduce one of the AR games - Pokémon Go. This game has achieved certain breakthroughs in terms of technology, creativity in content, and interaction between players. More importantly, this game is an immersive video game developed in cooperation with Google map, giving the players a new and authentic experience/ When this game was released, it was very popular, and the popularity continued to rise. This paper will demonstrate why Pokémon Go is attractive around its uniqueness, its contribution to people's health and its contribution to society.

Keywords

Pokémon Go, AR technology, Increase, Attraction, Players

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Guan,L. (2023).The Research on the AR Technology Leaps and Bounds to Increase Pokémon GO's Attraction to Players.Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,6,884-888.

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Volume title: Proceedings of the International Conference on Interdisciplinary Humanities and Communication Studies (ICIHCS 2022), Part 5

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