Markers as Facilitators: The Role of Playful Interactive Markers in Collaborative Mobile AR Games

Vinaya Tawde; Simone Kriglstein

doi:10.1145/3772363.3798432

Markers as Facilitators: The Role of Playful Interactive Markers in Collaborative Mobile AR Games

Vinaya Tawde
, Simone Kriglstein (Author and Speaker)

Experience Contexts & Tools

Masaryk University

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Abstract

Marker-based mobile AR is widely used in playful games that combine digital content with shared physical objects. While prior research shows that mobile AR games can enable co-located collaboration, little is known about how playful markers within games themselves scaffold cooperative action. We examine how experts envision using playful markers for collaboration after hands-on interaction with a marker-based AR game prototype. Survey responses point to three key ideas: markers as shared focal points, collaboration that develops through play, and a preference for small, closely coordinated groups.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI EA '26: Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Pages	1-6
ISBN (Electronic)	9798400722813
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3772363.3798432
Publication status	Published - Apr 2026
Event	CHI 2026: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Centre de Convencions Internacional de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain Duration: 13 Apr 2026 → 17 Apr 2026 https://chi2026.acm.org/

Conference

Conference	CHI 2026: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Abbreviated title	CHI`26
Country/Territory	Spain
City	Barcelona
Period	13/04/26 → 17/04/26
Internet address	https://chi2026.acm.org/

Research Field

Social Experience

Keywords

Mobile AR
Co-located collaboration
Marker-based AR Games

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Tawde, V & Kriglstein, S 2026, Markers as Facilitators: The Role of Playful Interactive Markers in Collaborative Mobile AR Games. in CHI EA '26: Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems., 454, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), pp. 1-6, CHI 2026: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Barcelona, Spain, 13/04/26. https://doi.org/10.1145/3772363.3798432

Markers as Facilitators: The Role of Playful Interactive Markers in Collaborative Mobile AR Games. / Tawde, Vinaya; Kriglstein, Simone (Author and Speaker).
CHI EA '26: Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2026. p. 1-6 454.

Research output: Chapter in Book or Conference Proceedings › Conference Proceedings with Poster Presentation › peer-review

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