[chisigmail] IDG Seminar: Extertion Games

[Daryl Ku]

(Apologies for cross posting)

You are cordially invited to an IDG Seminar.


PRESENTER:      Florian 'Floyd' Mueller, Interaction Design Group, Department of Information Systems, University of Melbourne

TITLE:          Extertion Games

VENUE:          University of Melbourne, IDEA Lab, Level 4, 111 Barry Street, Carlton

DATE and TIME:  Friday 27 Mar 2009, 3-4 pm


ABSTRACT:
Exertion games - these are games that require intense physical effort - are believed to facilitate not only physical health, but also more social play than traditional computer games. Floyd has found through a qualitative analysis of "Table Tennis for Three" aspects of design that can facilitate such social play. The aim is to contribute to our understanding of how people play these games and of how we can support exertion and social play in future designs. 

Table Tennis for Three is an exertion game for three networked players that is played with a real bat, ball and table. Floyd has used video recordings and interviews of 42 players in order to understand how users experience social play in exertion games, and found aspects of awareness and uncertainty to be important factors that can aid in the design of future games.

This talk will largely be based on a paper to be delivered at CHI 2009 in April, which was short-listed as 'best paper'.

BIO:
Florian 'Floyd' Mueller is a PhD candidate with the Interaction Design Group, Department of Information Systems, University of Melbourne.

Please forward to others if interested. All are Welcome.
http://www.dis.unimelb.edu.au/research/groups/interactiondesign/seminars.html

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Daryl Ku
PhD Candidate; Interaction Design Group Coordinator

Interaction Design Group
Department of Information Systems
The University of Melbourne
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