Game Play: Promoting Park Retention, Physical Activity, and Social Interaction in Central Minneapolis through Pokemon GO

Abstract

It’s become increasing obvious how technology has impacted and influenced our everyday lives. People are constantly on their phones, laptops, tablets, or gaming consoles for entertainment and staying connected with their community. With the rise of dependence on technology, people have less need to go out and interact with the people they wish to speak with, when they can simply send them a message from their home. This technology has also created an easy way to look up information using the World Wide Web. These points will be the basis of my thesis work. Rather than try and remove technology from our everyday lives, I think we should embrace and use our sudden dependence on it to benefit us. I want to create a system that incentivizes the use of our technology out in the landscape. Essentially, bringing technology and landscape together, rather than separate the two.