Pokémonisation

The current craze for Pokémon Go, the augmented reality smartphone game, exemplifies how computer code becomes a piece of conceptual art, and the app akin to a piece of installation art, where the idea or concept is the most important aspect of the work. Moreover, based on the smartphone's geolocation system (GPS), the game is a social interactive experience where the players chase virtual pocket monsters in nearby real world locations through the smartphone's camera lens. Also, through player interaction, the cartoony graphic art on the smartphone's screen becomes performance art. Or, to paraphrase Sol Le Witt's definition of conceptual art, Pokémon Go (the idea) becomes a smartphone app (a machine) that makes the art. In other words, Pokémon Go is a superimposed idea on the real world (object or landscape) which, through the lens of the smartphone, creates augmented reality. But does Pokémon Go enhance users' "ways of seeing", or is it just art installation made fun representing another global game scenario where players are mere consumers?