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Fig. 2

From: From urban planning and emergency training to Pokémon Go: applications of virtual reality GIS (VRGIS) and augmented reality GIS (ARGIS) in personal, public and environmental health

Fig. 2

Pokémon Go running on an Android smartphone. Note the cartoon-style map of the user’s real world location. Nearby Pokémon creatures, PokeStops (where the player can collect in-game items, such as Eggs and Poké Balls [used to catch Pokémon creatures]) and Pokémon Go Gyms (battle arenas of the Pokémon world) are overlaid on the map. Players are expected to walk or run towards these creatures and points of interest to interact with them, while competing with one another and in teams. (All players at a given location and time see the same creatures and points of interest around them.) In AR (Augmented Reality) mode, the game uses the smartphone’s camera to overlay Pokémon creatures (as they are being caught by the player) onto real-world scenery

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