[game_edu] Evaluating Player Experiences in Location Aware Games

[Adrien MARIE]

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On 3 Jul 2008, at 11:10, S. Gold wrote:


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> >> CALL FOR PAPERS - EXTENDED DEADLINE + JOURNAL SPECIAL ISSUE

> >> *** WORKSHOP ***

> >> Evaluating Player Experiences in Location Aware Games

> >> HCI 2008: Culture, Creativity, Interaction

> >> 1-5 Sept. 2008, Liverpool, John Moores University, UK

> >> http://www.hci2008.org

> >> Submission Deadline: July 14th, 2008

> >> UPDATE:

> >> The authors of the best abstracts may be invited to submit

> >> a full paper for inclusion in a special edition of a leading  

> journal.

> >>  

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> >> Location aware technologies such as widespread mobile computers

> >> and  varying location sensors open up a massive range of

> >> possibilities for  extending game playing into streets, buildings

> >> and even the rural  landscape. New and extended forms of location-

> >> aware games including  mobile or pervasive phone games, smart

> >> toys, role-playing games as  well as Mixed Reality (MR) games all

> >> demonstrate promising new forms  of game play. Substantial work

> >> has also gone into new game concepts,  sophisticated technology

> >> and viable business models. However,  research on the

> >> methodological issues of studying mobile player  experiences,

> >> pervasive game activity and ubiquitous interaction has  become

> >> necessary. Furthermore, there is also a need to explore the

> >> methodological issues in the evaluation of the intertwined,

> >> mutually  dependent dimensions related to the usability and

> >> playability of  location-based games.

> >> This workshop will bring together researchers, practitioners, and

> >> students with the objective of sharing knowledge, experience and

> >> ideas so that the many user experience issues of location aware

> >> games  can be more thoroughly addressed.

> >> We would like to invite papers to be submitted to this workshop

> >> that  focus on one or several issues of measuring player

> >> experience in  location-aware games including but not limited to:

> >> * User interface design issues on multiple device types: from

> >> ideas  to guidelines and principals

> >> * Devices and modalities, including tangible computing

> >> * Appropriateness of existing HCI work to game interfaces e.g.

> >> task  analysis, heuristics, interviews and other methods

> >> * Social dimensions of location gaming technologies, from non-

> >> player  participation to between player communication

> >> * Theoretical issues related space, place and presence

> >> * Contextual issues when designing and evaluating location aware

> >> games

> >> * Using participatory design and probes in design and evaluation

> >> * Game design patterns

> >> *** SUBMISSIONS ***

> >> Authors are invited to submit position or research papers of not

> >> more  than 4 pages, including tables, figures and references.

> >> Submissions  will be accepted to be presented in a talk or as a

> >> poster. Papers  should present original research or summarize

> >> experiences related to  the above mentioned workshop topics. All

> >> submissions should be made  via the online workshop paper

> >> submission system.

> >> Paper submissions should adhere to the HCI 2008 style guidelines.

> >> The  respective templates may be found at:

> >> http://www.cms.livjm.ac.uk/hci2008/documents/

> >> HCI_2008_Paper_Template.doc

> >> Please include all author and contact information in your  

> submission.

> >> Unless clearly indicated otherwise, submission of a workshop

> >> contribution implies permission for a publication on the workshop

> >> website.

> >> *** IMPORTANT DEADLINES ***

> >> Paper Submission: July 14th, 2008

> >> Notification of Acceptance: End of July

> >> *** POST WORKSHOP ***

> >> We are currently in advanced stages of negotiation with a leading

> >> journal and have provisional acceptance for a special issue. We

> >> anticipate being able to make a further announcement shortly. If

> >> you  require more information please contact us.

> >> *** Organising and Programme Committee ***

> >> Rod McCall, Fraunhofer FIT, Germany (co-chair)

> >> Barbara Grüter, Hochschule Bremen, University of Applied

> >> Sciences,  Germany (co-chair)

> >> Anne-Kathrin Braun, Fraunhofer FIT, Germany (co-chair)

> >> Lynne Baillie, Glasgow Caledonian University (UK) and FTW, Austria

> >> Andrew Wilson, Blink, UK

> >> Richard Wetzel, Fraunhofer FIT, Germany

> >> Zachary O'Toups, Texas A&M University, USA

> >> Joerg Niesenhaus, University of Duisberg-Essen, Germany

> >> ** Further Information ****

> >> For more information contact Rod McCall

> >> (rod.mccall at fit.fraunhofer.de) or visit www.ipcity.eu

> >> The workshop is being held in association with the EC funded

> >> IPCity  and PEACH projects.

> >

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