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Enhancing Communication and Awareness in Asymmetric Games

Authors:

Christophe Bortolaso,

Jérémy Bourdiol,

T. C. Nicholas GrahamAuthors Info & Claims

Entertainment Computing and Serious Games: First IFIP TC 14 Joint International Conference, ICEC-JCSG 2019, Arequipa, Peru, November 11–15, 2019, Proceedings

Pages 250 - 262

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34644-7_20

Published: 11 November 2019 Publication History

Abstract

Asymmetric games rely on players taking on different gameplay roles, often with associated different views of the game world and different input modalities. This asymmetry can lead to difficulties in establishing common referents as players collaborate. To explore communication and group awareness in asymmetric games, we present a novel asymmetric game, combining a tablet presenting a 2D top-down view and a virtual reality headset providing an immersive 3D view of the gameworld. We demonstrate how communication can be afforded between the two types of views via interaction techniques supporting deixis, shared reference, and awareness. These techniques are bi-directional, enabling an equitable collaboration. A pilot study has shown that players adapt well to the system’s two roles, and find the collaborative interaction techniques to be effective.

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Entertainment Computing and Serious Games: First IFIP TC 14 Joint International Conference, ICEC-JCSG 2019, Arequipa, Peru, November 11–15, 2019, Proceedings

Nov 2019

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ISBN:978-3-030-34643-0

DOI:10.1007/978-3-030-34644-7

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Erik van der Spek
Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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Stefan Göbel
TU Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
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Ellen Yi-Luen Do
University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
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Esteban Clua
Fluminense Federal University, Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Jannicke Baalsrud Hauge
KTH-Royal Institute of Technology, Södertälje, Sweden

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Kitson AAhn SGonzalez EPanda PIsbister KGonzalez-Franco M(2024)Virtual Games, Real Interactions: A Look at Cross-reality Asymmetrical Co-located Social GamesExtended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3613905.3650824(1-9)Online publication date: 11-May-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3613905.3650824
Moriarty EPerriman NRutledge JTaylor JGraham T(2023)Increasing Player Coupling in an Asymmetric Racing GameCompanion Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play10.1145/3573382.3616059(306-311)Online publication date: 6-Oct-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3573382.3616059
Cimolino GChen RGutwin CGraham T(2023)Automation Confusion: A Grounded Theory of Non-Gamers’ Confusion in Partially Automated Action GamesProceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3544548.3581116(1-19)Online publication date: 19-Apr-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3544548.3581116

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