{"id":56,"date":"2018-04-27T14:51:05","date_gmt":"2018-04-27T18:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playfulcity.net\/go\/?p=56"},"modified":"2018-06-26T12:22:01","modified_gmt":"2018-06-26T16:22:01","slug":"social-mixing-through-ar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playfulcity.net\/go\/pokemon-go\/social-mixing-through-ar\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Mixing Through AR (blog post)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most of the cities<\/a> that incorporated Pok<\/span>\u00e9<\/span>mon GO hoped for social interaction in public space. Did their social mixing work?<\/span><\/p>\n

Below, report co-author Aubrey Hill outlines a few of the opportunities for social mixing we observed in our research<\/a>.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Philly punks help visiting father and son <\/b><\/h1>\n
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Along the Philly route, locals often helped visitors. On the sidewalk across the street,\u00a0two locals show how to read the paper scavenger hunt map and orient themselves to Philly in general.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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After the opening ceremony at the Philadelphia Free Streets event<\/a>, players dispersed for the scavenger hunt.\u00a0 This custom hunt had been developed by the city with Niantic staff.\u00a0 The hunt included locations that could be visited in the game (Pok\u00e9Stops), often with special text written for the event.<\/span><\/p>\n

A little uncertainty<\/strong> can be a good thing. There was confusion as players tried to orient themselves to the paper map for the hunt that was being handed out. Some tried to match the map with their local knowledge of Philly, while others compared it to the map in the Pok\u00e9mon GO app. This confusion proved a perfect opportunity to see social mixing in action.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Scavenger Hunt Map from Philly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Across the street from me stood four Pok\u00e9mon GO players. They all had their phones and scavenger hunt maps out. On my left stood a man with his young son. On my right stood two local young adult punks (for lack of better wording). As I listened in on their conversation, it became clear that the father and son were from out of town and the punks were locals. A fair bit of social information<\/strong> was exchanged as the group discussed the Pok\u00e9mon they hoped to catch that day and helped the father and son to interpret the map, including:<\/span><\/p>\n