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{{distinguish|Location-based game}}
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, and often have real-world map integration. One of the most recognizable ___location-based mobile games is ''[[Pokémon Go]]''.
Location-based (GPS) games are often conflated with [[augmented reality]] (AR) games. GPS and AR are two separate technologies which are sometimes both used in a game, like in [[Pokémon Go]] and [[Minecraft Earth]]. GPS and AR functionality largely do not depend on one another but are often used in concert. A video game may be an AR game, a ___location-based game, both, or neither.
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''[[Pokémon Go]]'' notably has several publicized events of players being drawn to inappropriate locations for the game, requiring the developer to manually remove these areas from the game.<ref>{{cite web |last1 = Velloso |first1 = Eduardo |last2 = Carter |first2 = Marcus |title = Some places should be off limits for games such as Pokémon GO |url = https://theconversation.com/some-places-should-be-off-limits-for-games-such-as-pokemon-go-62341 |website = The Conversation |access-date = July 13, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title = Holocaust Museum, Auschwitz want Pokémon Go hunts out |url = https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2016/07/12/holocaust-museum-auschwitz-want-pokmon-go-hunts-stop-pokmon/86991810/ |access-date = July 13, 2016 |work = USA Today }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-07-12-holocaust-museum-pleads-stop-playing-pokemon-go-here |title = Holocaust museum pleads: stop playing Pokémon Go here |first = Tom |last = Phillips |work = [[Eurogamer]] |date = July 12, 2016 |access-date = July 13, 2016 }}</ref> In one of the first legal challenges for ___location-based gaming, a Federal District court ruled that a Wisconsin county ordinance to require game developers of such ___location-based games to get appropriate permits to allow locations in the county's public park systems was likely unconstitutional. While the county had felt there was no [[First Amendment]] rights involved due to how locations were generated in-game, the Federal judge disagreed.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/07/judge-blocks-law-regulating-where-augmented-reality-games-can-be-played/ | title = Augmented reality wins big in 1st Amendment legal flap | first = David | last= Kravets | date = July 20, 2017 | access-date = July 20, 2017 | work = [[Ars Technica]] }}</ref>
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 = June 4, 2018 | accessdate = 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}}
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==Concerns==
In a paper titled "Death by [[Pokémon Go|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 billion for the same period.
== Notable examples ==
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