Augmenting Location Based Games with Generative AI

  • Sebastian Johannes Michael Winkler

    Student thesis: Master's Thesis

    Abstract

    This thesis addresses the topic of artificial intelligence in the domain of location based
    games, particularly in the tourism-sector. It introduces GeoGen, a prototypical location based game enriched with artificially-generated content. After presenting related
    literature, the design and development of the prototype are explained in detail.
    In a user study with 15 participants, two scenarios were tested against each other
    within the prototype: An AI-generated scenario and a human-created, predefined scenario. The evaluation showed that an increased level of engagement and acceptance
    can be measured from the AI-generated content compared to predefined content. Furthermore the AI-driven system was perceived as secure but participants only showed
    a moderate level of trust towards the AI system. The main issues discovered were the
    content’s lack of factual integrity and the repetitiveness of locations and motives in the
    AI-generated scenarios. Proposals how to tackle these issues were subsequently made.
    Date of Award2024
    Original languageEnglish (American)
    SupervisorPhilipp Wintersberger (Supervisor)

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