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Goofy Mus, Grumpy Mur and Dirty Muf: Talking Playful Seats with Personalities

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Annakaisa Kultima,

Timo Nummenmaa,

Frans MäyräAuthors Info & Claims

ACE '14 Workshops: Proceedings of the 2014 Workshops on Advances in Computer Entertainment Conference

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https://doi.org/10.1145/2693787.2693790

Published: 11 November 2014 Publication History

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The article discusses the concept of MurMur Moderators, talking playful seats designed to facilitate playful atmosphere and creativity at office environments. The concept of MurMur Moderators consists of five different personalities, grumpy Mur, goofy Mus, mellow Muh, sensitive Mut and shy Mum. The article describes the experiences and reactions to two personalities, Mus and Mur. Further, a sixth personality, Muf, consisting of rejected, provocative features is detailed. Consequently, the paper discusses play preferences, affordances and thresholds in connection to adult play. These will be the focus of future research by the authors.

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Kultima ANummenmaa TTyni HAlha KStenros JKankainen VHolopainen JMäyrä F(2017)Playful FurnitureGames and Culture10.1177/155541201771874913:3(301-321)Online publication date: 10-Jul-2017
https://doi.org/10.1177/1555412017718749
Kultima AAlha KTurunen MVäätäjä HPaavilainen JOlsson T(2017)The intertwined role of play at game studiosProceedings of the 21st International Academic Mindtrek Conference10.1145/3131085.3131115(45-53)Online publication date: 20-Sep-2017
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3131085.3131115
Tyni HKultima A(2016)The emergence of industry of playful hybridsProceedings of the 20th International Academic Mindtrek Conference10.1145/2994310.2994358(413-421)Online publication date: 17-Oct-2016
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2994310.2994358
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Index Terms

Goofy Mus, Grumpy Mur and Dirty Muf: Talking Playful Seats with Personalities
1. Computer systems organization
  1. Embedded and cyber-physical systems
  2. Real-time systems
2. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)

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ACE '14 Workshops: Proceedings of the 2014 Workshops on Advances in Computer Entertainment Conference

November 2014

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ISBN:9781450333146

DOI:10.1145/2693787

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University of Madeira, Portugal
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Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

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Kultima ANummenmaa TTyni HAlha KStenros JKankainen VHolopainen JMäyrä F(2017)Playful FurnitureGames and Culture10.1177/155541201771874913:3(301-321)Online publication date: 10-Jul-2017
https://doi.org/10.1177/1555412017718749
Kultima AAlha KTurunen MVäätäjä HPaavilainen JOlsson T(2017)The intertwined role of play at game studiosProceedings of the 21st International Academic Mindtrek Conference10.1145/3131085.3131115(45-53)Online publication date: 20-Sep-2017
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3131085.3131115
Tyni HKultima A(2016)The emergence of industry of playful hybridsProceedings of the 20th International Academic Mindtrek Conference10.1145/2994310.2994358(413-421)Online publication date: 17-Oct-2016
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2994310.2994358
Nummenmaa TTyni HKultima AAlha KHolopainen JCheok ASunar MNeo KChisik Y(2015)Need to touch, wonder of discovery, and social capitalProceedings of the 12th International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology10.1145/2832932.2832959(1-12)Online publication date: 16-Nov-2015
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2832932.2832959

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