Training or Battling a Monster of a Location-Based Augmented-Reality Game While Descending Stairs: An Observational Study of Inattentional Blindness and Deafness and Risk-Taking Inclinations
Several emerging smartphone location-based augmented-reality (AR) games require three primary tasks: training or battling a monster, capturing a monster, and searching for a monster, which involve different levels of perceptual load. Using the AR game originated from Japan as a single case study, th...
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| author | Hon-Ping Ma Hon-Ping Ma Hon-Ping Ma Ping-Ling Chen Václav Linkov Chih-Wei Pai |
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| description | Several emerging smartphone location-based augmented-reality (AR) games require three primary tasks: training or battling a monster, capturing a monster, and searching for a monster, which involve different levels of perceptual load. Using the AR game originated from Japan as a single case study, this study examined inattentional blindness and deafness and risk-taking inclinations among participants concurrently descending stairs and engaging in these three tasks. Participants descending stairs in Taipei Medical University were observed through recordings obtained from Wi-Fi cameras to determine whether they engaged in risk-taking behaviors such as hopping, not using the handrail, and stopping suddenly. After the participants descended the stairs, they were interviewed to obtain additional information regarding demographics, game tasks (training or battling a monster, capturing a monster, or searching for a monster), data plan, and screen size. Inattentional blindness and deafness were investigated by determining whether participants saw something unusual, a police ascending the stairs, and heard the national anthem played by the police, respectively. In total, 1036 participants descended the stairs and underwent the interview between August 2016 and July 2018. Logistic regression models revealed that training or battling a monster was most associated with inattentional blindness, deafness, not using the handrail, and stopping suddenly, whereas hopping behavior was the commonest among those capturing a monster. Other contributory factors include a large smartphone screen (≥5 in), unlimited mobile data, being an undergraduate student, and an increase in the daily gaming hours. Development of smartphone apps toward detection of stair locomotion may be beneficial for curbing phone use in general and AR game playing in particular. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d8f6e93887a9402bbf86731e51ffc19e2022-12-22T03:43:31ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782019-03-011010.3389/fpsyg.2019.00623442973Training or Battling a Monster of a Location-Based Augmented-Reality Game While Descending Stairs: An Observational Study of Inattentional Blindness and Deafness and Risk-Taking InclinationsHon-Ping Ma0Hon-Ping Ma1Hon-Ping Ma2Ping-Ling Chen3Václav Linkov4Chih-Wei Pai5Graduate Institute of Injury Prevention and Control, College of Public Health, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, TaiwanDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Shuang-Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, TaiwanDepartment of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, TaiwanGraduate Institute of Injury Prevention and Control, College of Public Health, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, TaiwanDepartment of Traffic Psychology, CDV – Transport Research Centre, Brno, CzechiaGraduate Institute of Injury Prevention and Control, College of Public Health, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, TaiwanSeveral emerging smartphone location-based augmented-reality (AR) games require three primary tasks: training or battling a monster, capturing a monster, and searching for a monster, which involve different levels of perceptual load. Using the AR game originated from Japan as a single case study, this study examined inattentional blindness and deafness and risk-taking inclinations among participants concurrently descending stairs and engaging in these three tasks. Participants descending stairs in Taipei Medical University were observed through recordings obtained from Wi-Fi cameras to determine whether they engaged in risk-taking behaviors such as hopping, not using the handrail, and stopping suddenly. After the participants descended the stairs, they were interviewed to obtain additional information regarding demographics, game tasks (training or battling a monster, capturing a monster, or searching for a monster), data plan, and screen size. Inattentional blindness and deafness were investigated by determining whether participants saw something unusual, a police ascending the stairs, and heard the national anthem played by the police, respectively. In total, 1036 participants descended the stairs and underwent the interview between August 2016 and July 2018. Logistic regression models revealed that training or battling a monster was most associated with inattentional blindness, deafness, not using the handrail, and stopping suddenly, whereas hopping behavior was the commonest among those capturing a monster. Other contributory factors include a large smartphone screen (≥5 in), unlimited mobile data, being an undergraduate student, and an increase in the daily gaming hours. Development of smartphone apps toward detection of stair locomotion may be beneficial for curbing phone use in general and AR game playing in particular.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00623/fulllocation-based augmented-reality gameinattentional blindnessinattentional deafnessrisk-taking inclinationsstair walking |
| spellingShingle | Hon-Ping Ma Hon-Ping Ma Hon-Ping Ma Ping-Ling Chen Václav Linkov Chih-Wei Pai Training or Battling a Monster of a Location-Based Augmented-Reality Game While Descending Stairs: An Observational Study of Inattentional Blindness and Deafness and Risk-Taking Inclinations Frontiers in Psychology location-based augmented-reality game inattentional blindness inattentional deafness risk-taking inclinations stair walking |
| title | Training or Battling a Monster of a Location-Based Augmented-Reality Game While Descending Stairs: An Observational Study of Inattentional Blindness and Deafness and Risk-Taking Inclinations |
| title_full | Training or Battling a Monster of a Location-Based Augmented-Reality Game While Descending Stairs: An Observational Study of Inattentional Blindness and Deafness and Risk-Taking Inclinations |
| title_fullStr | Training or Battling a Monster of a Location-Based Augmented-Reality Game While Descending Stairs: An Observational Study of Inattentional Blindness and Deafness and Risk-Taking Inclinations |
| title_full_unstemmed | Training or Battling a Monster of a Location-Based Augmented-Reality Game While Descending Stairs: An Observational Study of Inattentional Blindness and Deafness and Risk-Taking Inclinations |
| title_short | Training or Battling a Monster of a Location-Based Augmented-Reality Game While Descending Stairs: An Observational Study of Inattentional Blindness and Deafness and Risk-Taking Inclinations |
| title_sort | training or battling a monster of a location based augmented reality game while descending stairs an observational study of inattentional blindness and deafness and risk taking inclinations |
| topic | location-based augmented-reality game inattentional blindness inattentional deafness risk-taking inclinations stair walking |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00623/full |
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