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2007 31st Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference
Vs Golf - Developing Location-based Multi-Player Games
Beijing, China
July 24-July 27
ISBN: 0-7695-2870-8
Georg Treu, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen, Germany
Johannes Martens, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen, Germany
Matthias Schicker, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen, Germany
Marc Breisinger, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen, Germany
Axel Kupper, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen, Germany
Location-based multi-player games are currently being pushed by the industry, one main factor being that highly-accurate positioning technologies like GPS as well as broadband mobile networks like UMTS are finally getting widespread. Nevertheless, generic frameworks for efficiently managing user locations are still missing, which strongly complicates game development. This paper presents TraX, a device-centric framework for Locationbased Services, which especially supports proactive and multi-player services and thus perfectly matches the challenges mobile game development faces today. The suitability of TraX is evaluated by means of VsGolf, an actual location-based multi-player game, which has been developed and tested by students in only four days.
Citation:
Georg Treu, Johannes Martens, Matthias Schicker, Marc Breisinger, Axel Kupper, "Vs Golf - Developing Location-based Multi-Player Games," compsac, vol. 2, pp.109-114, 2007 31st Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference, 2007
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