<s>
Mscape	B-General_Concept
was	O
a	O
mobile	O
media	O
gaming	O
platform	O
developed	O
by	O
Hewlett	O
Packard	O
that	O
could	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
location-based	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
of	O
Mscape	B-General_Concept
was	O
discontinued	O
(	O
and	O
its	O
website	O
mscapers.com	O
shut	O
down	O
)	O
on	O
March	O
31	O
,	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mscape	B-General_Concept
platform	O
is	O
flexible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HP	O
encourages	O
developers	O
to	O
use	O
Mscape	B-General_Concept
to	O
create	O
not	O
just	O
games	O
,	O
but	O
also	O
informational	O
guides	O
to	O
points	O
of	O
interest	O
,	O
imaginative	O
stories	O
about	O
places	O
,	O
and	O
practical	O
information	O
about	O
worksites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mscape	B-General_Concept
makes	O
a	O
player	O
's	O
GPS	O
location	O
an	O
element	O
of	O
the	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mscape	B-General_Concept
is	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
mediascapes	O
,	O
interactive	O
experiences	O
made	O
up	O
of	O
video	O
,	O
audio	O
,	O
images	O
,	O
and	O
text	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mscape	B-General_Concept
stores	O
the	O
digital	O
media	O
files	O
in	O
a	O
structure	O
that	O
associates	O
them	O
with	O
positions	O
from	O
a	O
GPS	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
play	O
mediascapes	O
on	O
a	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
Mobile	I-Operating_System
device	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
mobile	O
phone	O
or	O
a	O
PDA	O
,	O
that	O
's	O
GPS	O
enabled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mscape	B-General_Concept
had	O
its	O
origins	O
in	O
2002	O
as	O
Mobile	O
Bristol	O
,	O
a	O
project	O
that	O
explored	O
how	O
mobile	O
devices	O
and	O
pervasive	O
information	O
technology	O
could	O
enhance	O
people	O
's	O
interactions	O
with	O
their	O
physical	O
environments	O
and	O
with	O
each	O
other	O
in	O
urban	O
and	O
public	O
spaces	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mscape	B-General_Concept
has	O
evolved	O
from	O
research	O
in	O
Augmented	B-General_Concept
reality	I-General_Concept
(	O
which	O
deals	O
with	O
the	O
combination	O
of	O
real	O
world	O
and	O
computer	O
generated	O
data	O
)	O
and	O
from	O
developments	O
in	O
location-based	B-Application
services	I-Application
(	O
services	O
available	O
through	O
a	O
mobile	O
device	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
device	O
’s	O
geographical	O
location	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mscape	B-General_Concept
technology	O
is	O
also	O
an	O
example	O
of	O
Ubiquitous	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
and	O
a	O
context-aware	B-Architecture
pervasive	I-Architecture
system	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mscape	B-General_Concept
has	O
been	O
made	O
practical	O
by	O
the	O
ready	O
availability	O
of	O
consumer	O
GPS	O
navigation	O
devices	O
such	O
as	O
GPS-equipped	O
PDAs	O
and	O
smartphones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
publicly	O
available	O
version	O
of	O
Mscape	B-General_Concept
currently	O
takes	O
advantage	O
only	O
of	O
a	O
player	O
’s	O
GPS	O
location.	O
,	O
However	O
,	O
experimental	O
deployments	O
of	O
mediascapes	O
have	O
made	O
use	O
of	O
other	O
types	O
of	O
sensors	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
short-range	O
radio	O
beacons	O
and	O
heart	O
rate	O
monitors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mscape	B-General_Concept
technology	O
enables	O
developers	O
to	O
create	O
plug-ins	O
to	O
easily	O
incorporate	O
data	O
from	O
sensors	O
such	O
as	O
infrared	O
and	O
radio	O
frequency	O
beacons	O
,	O
RFID	O
tags	O
,	O
digital	O
compasses	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
types	O
of	O
sensors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mscape	B-General_Concept
Player	O
plays	O
mediascapes	O
on	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
Mobile	I-Operating_System
devices	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
mobile	O
phones	O
or	O
PDAs	O
,	O
that	O
are	O
GPS	O
enabled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developers	O
and	O
players	O
use	O
Mscape	B-General_Concept
Library	O
to	O
manage	O
the	O
mediascapes	O
they	O
have	O
on	O
their	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
download	O
mediascapes	O
from	O
the	O
Mscapers	O
website	O
into	O
Mscape	B-General_Concept
Library	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
then	O
use	O
Mscape	B-General_Concept
Library	O
to	O
copy	O
those	O
mediascapes	O
to	O
their	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
Mobile	I-Operating_System
device	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developers	O
can	O
also	O
use	O
Mscape	B-General_Concept
Library	O
to	O
launch	O
Mscape	B-General_Concept
Maker	O
and	O
Mscape	B-General_Concept
Tester.	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
Mscape	B-General_Concept
Library	O
also	O
detects	O
whether	O
a	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
Mobile	I-Operating_System
device	O
has	O
Mscape	B-General_Concept
Player	O
installed	O
on	O
it	O
,	O
alerts	O
the	O
user	O
if	O
it	O
does	O
n't	O
,	O
and	O
installs	O
the	O
player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developers	O
use	O
Mscape	B-General_Concept
Maker	O
to	O
create	O
mediascapes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mscape	B-General_Concept
Maker	O
has	O
four	O
work	O
areas	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
HP	O
compares	O
Mscape	B-General_Concept
's	O
scripting	O
language	O
to	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
ActionScript	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Their	O
intent	O
is	O
to	O
make	O
Mscape	B-General_Concept
's	O
scripting	O
language	O
simple	O
enough	O
for	O
beginners	O
:	O
"	O
you	O
can	O
pick	O
it	O
up	O
fairly	O
quickly	O
and	O
you	O
can	O
achieve	O
quite	O
advanced	O
things	O
without	O
having	O
to	O
do	O
lots	O
of	O
programming.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Mscape	B-General_Concept
Maker	O
saves	O
mediascapes	O
in	O
two	O
file	O
formats	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
.msz	O
files	O
are	O
the	O
compressed	O
format	O
played	O
on	O
a	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
Mobile	I-Operating_System
device	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mscape	B-General_Concept
Tester	O
simulates	O
what	O
a	O
mediascape	O
looks	O
like	O
on	O
a	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
Mobile	I-Operating_System
device	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mscape	B-General_Concept
platform	O
is	O
available	O
under	O
either	O
a	O
non-commercial	O
license	O
(	O
for	O
not-for-profit	O
or	O
educational	O
use	O
)	O
or	O
a	O
commercial	O
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Members	O
of	O
the	O
HP	O
Labs	O
team	O
who	O
contributed	O
to	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Mscape	B-General_Concept
were	O
:	O
</s>
