NDLI: An integrated environment and development framework for social gaming using mobile devices, digital TV and Internet

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Punt, Marija Bjelica, Milan Z. Zdravkovic, Vladan Teslic, Nikola
Copyright Year	2014
Abstract	The amount of digital multimedia devices in a modern day household capable of connecting to the Internet has increased dramatically over the last years, including mobile devices such as smart phones and tablets as well as digital TV sets and set-top boxes. Since these devices are readily available and allow customization through software they can be easily used to support and enhance traditional social activities in the living room. This paper presents an integrated environment of mobile devices and digital TVs connected to the Internet used as a platform for exploring both traditional and novel gaming concepts in either a single living room or across different homes connecting multiple living rooms. To create such an environment a framework was developed enabling the implementation of distributed social games, using the digital TV as a display showing game content public to all players and using the available personal mobile devices as controllers and displays showing private portions of the game. The framework also allows the innovative use of broadcast related information and social media during game play. Five different games were developed using the framework. The framework effectiveness was evaluated by comparing TV-centric games developed with and without the framework using size and complexity metrics, additionally application responsiveness was measured using a game developed without and with the framework and compared with a state-of-the-art game controller. The experience of playing the developed games was obtained by collecting and analyzing self-reported data using a questionnaire combined with additional observations from volunteers and researchers.
Starting Page	8137
Ending Page	8169
Page Count	33
File Format	PDF
ISSN	13807501
Journal	Multimedia Tools and Applications
Volume Number	74
Issue Number	18
e-ISSN	15737721
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2014-04-30
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Social games Mobile devices Interactive TV TV-centric gaming Game development framework Second screen Multimedia Information Systems Computer Communication Networks Data Structures, Cryptology and Information Theory Special Purpose and Application-Based Systems
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Computer Networks and Communications Hardware and Architecture Software Media Technology

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