Technology, innovation and leisure: Leisure engagement in new and unexpected ways

The interweaving of technology and leisure has become an integral part of leisure choice, access, engagement, management, and product development. This interweaving has resulted in new and innovative ways people can access leisure, created leisure opportunities for marginalized groups, and improved efficiencies and effectiveness in management. However, challenges have also resulted, such as the blurring of work/leisure time, raising quality of life issues. The intent of this special issue is to bring attention to ways in which technology and leisure influence each other. The articles in this issue explore various types of technology used to experience leisure, leisure constraints to technology, and aspects of identity related to technology, and leisure. This special issue can extend the body of knowledge of leisure and technology thus contributing to innovations in leisure and better quality of life.