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A '''geolocation-based video game''' or '''___location-based video game''' is a type of video game where the [[gameplay]] evolves and progresses via a player's ___location in the world, often attained using [[GPS]]. Most ___location-based video games are [[mobile games]] that make use of the mobile phone's built in GPS capability. One of the most recognizable ___location-based mobile games is [[Pokémon Go]].

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Geolocation-based video games use GPS.

Games such as ''[[Pokémon Go]]'' and ''[[Ingress (video game)|Ingress]]'' also utilizeuse an [[Image Linked Map]](ILM) interface, where approved [[geotagged]] locations appear on a stylized map for the user to interact with.<ref>{{cite web |last=Borge |first=Ariel |title=The story behind 'Pokémon Go's' impressive mapping |url=http://mashable.com/2016/07/10/john-hanke-pokemon-go/ |date=11 July 11, 2016 |work=[[Mashable]] |access-date=13 July 13, 2016}}</ref>

==Legality==

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The interaction of ___location-bound augmented reality with [[property law]] is largely undefined.{{sfn|McClure|2017|p=364-366}}<ref>{{ cite web | url = https://slate.com/technology/2018/06/can-you-prevent-augmented-reality-ads-from-appearing-on-your-house.html | title = What Are Your Augmented Reality Property Rights? | first = Fiona J | last = McEvoy | publisher = [[Slate (magazine)|Slate]] | date = 4 June 4, 2018 | accessdate = 31 May 31, 2022 }}</ref> Several models have been analysed for how this interaction may be resolved in a [[common law]] context: an extension of [[real property]] rights to also cover augmentations on or near the property with a strong notion of [[trespassing]], forbidding augmentations unless allowed by the owner; an '[[open range]]' system, where augmentations are allowed unless forbidden by the owner; and a '[[freedom to roam]]' system, where real property owners have no control over non-disruptive augmentations.{{sfn|Mallick|2020|p=1068-1072}}

One issue experienced during the [[Pokémon Go]] craze was the game's players disturbing owners of private property while visiting nearby ___location-bound augmentations, which may have been on the properties or the properties may have been ''en route''. The terms of service of Pokémon Go explicitly disclaim responsibility for players' actions, which may limit (but may not totally extinguish) the liability of its producer, [[Niantic (company)|Niantic]], in the event of a player [[trespassing]] while playing the game: by Niantic's argument, the player is the one committing the trespass, while Niantic has merely engaged in permissible [[free speech]]. A theory advanced in lawsuits brought against Niantic is that their placement of game elements in places that will lead to trespass or an exceptionally large flux of visitors can constitute [[nuisance]], despite each individual trespass or visit only being tenuously caused by Niantic.{{sfn|McClure|2017|p=341-343}}{{sfn|McClure|2017|p=347-351}}{{sfn|Conroy|2017|p=20}}

Another claim raised against Niantic is that the placement of profitable game elements on land without permission of the land's owners is [[unjust enrichment]].{{sfn|McClure|2017|p=351-353}} More hypothetically, a property may be augmented with [[advertising]] or disagreeable content against its owner's wishes.{{sfn|Conroy|2017|p=21-22}} Under American law, these situations are unlikely to be seen as a violation of [[real property]] rights by courts without an expansion of those rights to include augmented reality (similarly to how [[English common law]] came to recognise [[air rights]]).{{sfn|McClure|2017|p=351-353}}

Some attempts at legislative regulation have been made in the [[United States]]. [[Milwaukee County, Wisconsin]] attempted to regulate augmented reality games played in its parks, requiring prior issuance of a permit,{{sfn|McClure|2017|p=354-355}} but this was criticised on [[free speech]] grounds by a federal judge;<ref>{{ cite news | url = https://apnews.com/article/58ca55eb0a00440d872444bde69b8092 | title = Judge halts Wisconsin county rule for apps like Pokemon Go | work = Associated Press | date = 21 July 21, 2017 }}</ref> and [[Illinois]] considered mandating a [[notice and take down]] procedure for ___location-bound augmentations.{{sfn|McClure|2017|p=356-357}}

==Concerns==

In a paper titled [[Pokémon Go|"Death by Pokémon GO"]], researchers at Purdue University's Krannert School of Management claim the game caused "a disproportionate increase in vehicular crashes and associated vehicular damage, personal injuries, and fatalities in the vicinity of locations, called PokéStops, where users can play the game while driving."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Faccio |first1=Mara |last2=McConnell |first2=John J. |title=Death by Pokémon GO |date=2017 |doi=10.2139/ssrn.3073723 |ssrn=3073723 }}</ref> Using data from one municipality, the paper extrapolates what that might mean nationwide and concluded "the increase in crashes attributable to the introduction of Pokémon GO is 145,632 with an associated increase in the number of injuries of 29,370 and an associated increase in the number of fatalities of 256 over the period of 6 July 2016, through 30 November 2016." The authors extrapolated the cost of those crashes and fatalities at between $2bn and $7.3 &nbsp;billion for the same period.

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* [[Shadow Cities]] (discontinued)

* [[Maguss]] (discontinued)

* [[Minecraft Earth]] (discontinued)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/minecraft-earth-coming-end|title=Minecraft Earth coming to an end|date=5 January 5, 2021}}</ref>

* [[Cluetivity]]

== See Alsoalso ==

* [[Transreality gaming]]