Abstract. This paper introduces the novel concept of location-based Mobile Urban Dramas. In a Mobile Urban Drama the user become the main character in a play where actors' voices appear in the mobile phone headset linked to the physical setting in the city as the stage for the drama. The paper describes the dramaturgical concept and introduces a software framework supporting drama writers in developing such Mobile Urban Dramas. Experiences with use of the framework are discussed with successful examples of real dramas that have been developed and performed by a Danish theatre group, Katapult.
Hansen et al. REF introduce the concept of location-based Mobile Urban Dramas, where the city becomes the stage for the drama, and the user participates to a play where the actors voices can be heard through her mobile phone headset as she moves through the town.
Mobile Urban Drama --- Setting the Stage with Location Based Technologies
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Computer Science