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Virtual spectating: hearing beyond the video arcade

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Norman Makoto Su,

Patrick C. ShihAuthors Info & Claims

BCS-HCI '11: Proceedings of the 25th BCS Conference on Human-Computer Interaction

Pages 269 - 278

Published: 04 July 2011 Publication History

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The latest in the most popular head-to-head fighting video series, Super Street Fighter IV by Capcom, now features spectating functionality. Coupled with audio chat, players can both watch and participate in matches with anyone in the world. We describe a video analysis of over 36 hours of gameplay in SSF4. Our results show that players can deftly structure audio when spectating to transform gameplay in SSF4. This new hybrid spectator sport in which boundaries between actor and audience are blurred exhibits three significant characteristics: the audio recreates the arcade culture, appropriates "invisible" but real players, and symbolically creates power relations between mute and speaking gamers. We also present exploratory evidence that suggests a starkly different experience for female gamers who wish to audibly join in virtual spectating.

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BCS-HCI '11: Proceedings of the 25th BCS Conference on Human-Computer Interaction

July 2011

572 pages

Conference Chairs:
Linda Little
Northumbria University
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Lynne Coventry
Northumbria University

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Swindon, United Kingdom

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Kempe-Cook LSher SSu NBrewster SFitzpatrick GCox AKostakos V(2019)Behind the VoicesProceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3290605.3300795(1-12)Online publication date: 2-May-2019
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3290605.3300795
Gao GMin AShih PBrereton M(2017)Gendered design biasProceedings of the 29th Australian Conference on Computer-Human Interaction10.1145/3152771.3152804(307-317)Online publication date: 28-Nov-2017
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Downs JVetere FHoward SLoughnan SSmith WJones MPalanque PSchmidt AGrossman T(2014)Audience experience in social videogamingProceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/2556288.2556965(3473-3482)Online publication date: 26-Apr-2014
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2556288.2556965

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