Smart city technologies: leisure and entertainment event-based service

Abstract

Nowadays people have a wide range of available leisure and entertainment options. However, with the development of modern technologies people prefer spending their free time in the Internet instead of meeting with their families and friends that lead to the growing feeling of loneliness. Especially this is the case for smart cities. Such feelings can lead to more serious problems with both physical and mental health. The possible solution is event-based social networks. There are a lot of event based social networks, however none of them are suitable for leisure topic. The purpose of this work is determination of requirements for creating an optimal service for real-life meeting organization. The service will encourage people with the same interests to develop their social interaction skills while enjoying their favorite hobbies in the like-minded collective.