Why playing augmented reality games feels meaningful to players? The roles of imagination and social experience

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Highlights：

• We focused on the dimensions of imagination and sociality to explain what makes AR games feel meaningful to players.

• Nostalgic feelings about the game franchise increased imagining AR game content in the real world.

• Imagination and nostalgia were both drivers of affection towards the AR game content.

• Affection towards the AR game content increased the meaningfulness of playing.

• Social involvement with other real players also increased the meaningfulness of playing.

摘要

•We focused on the dimensions of imagination and sociality to explain what makes AR games feel meaningful to players.•Nostalgic feelings about the game franchise increased imagining AR game content in the real world.•Imagination and nostalgia were both drivers of affection towards the AR game content.•Affection towards the AR game content increased the meaningfulness of playing.•Social involvement with other real players also increased the meaningfulness of playing.

论文关键词：Augmented reality,Location-based games,Meaning,Meaningfulness,Imagination,Pokémon GO

论文评审过程：Received 24 September 2020, Revised 30 March 2021, Accepted 5 April 2021, Available online 10 April 2021, Version of Record 14 April 2021.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2021.106816