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TouchMate: Understanding the Design of Body Actuating Games using Physical Touch

Authors:

Rakesh Patibanda,

Elise Van Den Hoven,

Florian 'Floyd' MuellerAuthors Info & Claims

CHI PLAY '22: Extended Abstracts of the 2022 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play

Pages 153 - 158

https://doi.org/10.1145/3505270.3558332

Published: 07 November 2022 Publication History

Abstract

Body-actuating technologies such as Electrical Muscle Stimulation (EMS) can actuate multiple players simultaneously via physical touch. To investigate this opportunity, we designed a game called “Touchmate”. Here, one guesser and two suspects sit across with their legs hidden under a table. The guesser attaches a ground electrode from one EMS channel, and each suspect attaches one active electrode from the same channel on their forearms. When a suspect touches the guesser’s leg, their bodies complete the electrical circuit, actuating both their hands involuntarily via the EMS. The guesser’s goal is to determine who touched their leg. In this paper, we present the results from our initial study and articulate three player experience themes. Ultimately, we hope our work inspires game designers to create physical touch games using body-actuating technologies.

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TouchMate: Understanding the Design of Body Actuating Games using Physical Touch
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction paradigms

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electrical muscle stimulation;physical touch games;movement-based games;bodily games;game design;integrated play;EMS games;motor play;social games

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