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aMAZEd: designing an affective social game for children

Authors:

Abdullah Al Mahmud,

Johanna Renny Octavia,

Suleman Shahid,

Panos Markopoulos,

Jean-Bernard MartensAuthors Info & Claims

IDC '07: Proceedings of the 6th international conference on Interaction design and children

Pages 53 - 56

https://doi.org/10.1145/1297277.1297287

Published: 06 June 2007 Publication History

Abstract

This paper discusses a design case, which explores the potential of psychophysiological measures as an input technique for social gaming applications intended for children. aMAZEd is an example of a tabletop mixed reality game that supports social interaction between players through and around the game. It is clear that sensing technology used to obtain psychophysiological measures needs to be improved and there is still a range of solutions that need to be explored. However, our experience shows that psychophysiological input appeals to children and can be a fun element of games supporting social interaction among players.

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Index Terms

aMAZEd: designing an affective social game for children
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Interaction design
    1. Interaction design process and methods
      1. Interface design prototyping
      2. User centered design

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