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on when completing tasks. As professional users, expensive specialist equipment
is acceptable as long it provides accurate and reliable locations solutions within
domain specific tolerances (Shiu, Lu, Kang & Hsieh, 2007).
Location based gamers
While the needs of gamers vary depending on the specificlocation based games they
play, there are some commonalities in this user group. The first priority for gamers
is a good user experience; if the technology gets in the way of enjoyment it simply
will not be used. With this in mind issues such as coverage and accuracy may not be
important, as long as theyare dealt with appropriatelywithinthe game. For example,
a lack of coverage can be implemented as a game mechanic as demonstrated ...