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Taxi trouble: communication is key

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Rob van Bekkum,

Thijs L.M. Brands,

Soheil S. Jahanshahi,

Aidan C.A. Mauricio,

Joost J.E. Oorschot van,

Fanny Lie,

Ben Kybartas,

Rafael BidarraAuthors Info & Claims

CHI PLAY '14: Proceedings of the first ACM SIGCHI annual symposium on Computer-human interaction in play

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https://doi.org/10.1145/2658537.2662994

Published: 19 October 2014 Publication History

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We present the Android game Taxi Trouble, an interactive, competitive and collaborative multi-player game focusing on stimulating social interaction, effective communication and entertaining groups of four to eight people for a short timeframe.

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Jarusriboonchai POlsson TLyckvi SVäänänen KPaternò FVäänänen KChurch KHäkkilä JKrüger ASerrano M(2016)Let's take photos togetherProceedings of the 18th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services10.1145/2935334.2935385(529-540)Online publication date: 6-Sep-2016
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Taxi trouble: communication is key
1. Human-centered computing

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CHI PLAY '14: Proceedings of the first ACM SIGCHI annual symposium on Computer-human interaction in play

October 2014

492 pages

ISBN:9781450330145

DOI:10.1145/2658537

General Chair:
Lennart E. Nacke
University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada
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T.C. Nicholas Graham
Queen's University, Canada

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CHI PLAY '14: The annual symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play

October 19 - 21, 2014

Ontario, Toronto, Canada

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Ng CMarquardt N(2022)Eliciting User-Defined Touch and Mid-air Gestures for Co-located Mobile GamingProceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction10.1145/35677226:ISS(303-327)Online publication date: 14-Nov-2022
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