This is a game that Melinda Salazar, Robert Maharaj, Eva Dooley & I designed for a UW research group called Interfaces that Make You Think [IMUT] in 2011. The goal of the game was to activate many areas of the brain by encouraging players to become more aware of their surroundings and engage with others as they collected their play monsters.

1. Think AR Game The Setup
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Start
ClearStop
Cancel
OKDon’t Allow
Camera would like to use
your current location
“Camera” would like to use
your current location
Melinda downloads
a new augmented
reality game to
her smart phone
and adds her home
location.

2. Think AR Game The Bus
She rides the bus to school, work and to shop, and enjoys playing games while she waits for
the bus. Today she’s playing“Adventure—Locate!”and finding creatures along her route.

3. Think AR Game The Grocery Store
Continuing along her route, Melinda grabs more creatures while waiting in line at the gro-
cery store.

4. Think AR Game The Cafe
Melinda is able to collect a few more creatures outside and inside the cafe where she’s meet-
ing a friend. She’s also gathering information and photos of the locations along her route.

5. Think AR Game The Ride Home
Having gotten her grandfather hooked on the Locate games, Melinda shares some creatures
with him. She thinks it helps him remember what happens during his day.
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OKDon’t Allow
Camera would like to use
your current locatio
Do you want to share
this item?

6. Think AR Game The Ride Home
When Melinda ends the game, she answers a series of questions about her locations, and
what creatures she saw and caught throughout her day.
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OKDon’t Allow
Camera would like to use
your current locatio
Save answers and game
for next time?
locations
question
score
6
found friend?
snopes
moreys
yes
11 caught
5 caught