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EJASMP
2010
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13 years 3 days ago
Physically Motivated Environmental Sound Synthesis for Virtual Worlds
A system is described for simulating environmental sound in interactive virtual worlds, using the physical state of objects as control parameters. It contains a unified framework ...
Dylan Menzies
ACMACE
2005
ACM
13 years 10 months ago
Playmakers in multiplayer game communities: their importance and motivations for participation
In many game-like open-ended multiplayer communities, the success of the game, and well-being of the community, depends on the efforts of certain individuals who arrange resources...
Antti Salovaara, Mikael Johnson, Kalle Toiskallio,...
CHI
2010
ACM
14 years 3 days ago
Astrojumper: motivating children with autism to exercise using a VR game
Children with autism have shown substantial benefit ult to from rigorous exercise, however, it is often diffic ually motivate these children to exercise due to their us sedent...
Samantha L. Finkelstein, Andrea Nickel, Tiffany Ba...
PERVASIVE
2007
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
Ambient Interfaces that Motivate Changes in Human Behavior
Peripheral or ambient displays move information from the periphery to the center of human attention and back. Our research group is interested in the interaction and interface des...
Jodi Forlizzi, Ian Li, Anind K. Dey
CHI
2006
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
Design requirements for technologies that encourage physical activity
Overweight and obesity are a global epidemic, with over one billion overweight adults worldwide (300+ million of whom are obese). Obesity is linked to several serious health probl...
Sunny Consolvo, Katherine Everitt, Ian E. Smith, J...