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CHI
2009
ACM
14 years 6 months ago
Tangible message bubbles for children's communication and play
We introduce Tangible Message Bubbles, a new composition and communication tool that invites youngsters to express and record their everyday expressions, play with these original ...
Kimiko Ryokai, Hayes Raffle, Andy Brooks
CHI
2008
ACM
14 years 6 months ago
Stirring up experience through movement in game play: effects on engagement and social behaviour
The recent development of controllers designed around natural body movements has altered the nature of gaming and contributed towards it being marketed as a more social activity. ...
James Le Couteur, Nadia Berthouze, Siân E. L...
DIGRA
2003
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
Encounters with consumption during computer-mediated play: the development of digital games as marketing communication media
This paper explores the use of digital games for marketing communications using two theoretical perspectives. Firstly, the external contexts in which video game play takes place a...
Mike Molesworth
ACMACE
2006
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
Motivated reinforcement learning for non-player characters in persistent computer game worlds
Massively multiplayer online computer games are played in complex, persistent virtual worlds. Over time, the landscape of these worlds evolves and changes as players create and pe...
Kathryn Elizabeth Merrick, Mary Lou Maher
ICPR
2008
IEEE
14 years 7 months ago
Making real games virtual: Tracking board game pieces
The same game is often played in real and virtual worlds. We integrate in-person and on-line playing of board games such as Go, bringing the real world into the virtual world. A p...
Steven Scher, Ryan Crabb, James Davis