Future user research for exertion games

Florian 'Floyd' Mueller, Danielle Wilde, Cagdas Toprak, Eberhard Graether, Nadia Berthouze

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Abstract

Exertion is gaining currency in digital game design. Exertion games promise increased athletic performance and hence health benefits. They also offer enhanced engagement due to the coupling of physical engagement with digital gameplay. Addressing these converging perspectives is one of the challenges currently faced by researchers. To illustrate the implications for game user research and provoke reflection about future challenges, we describe our current research on Joggobot, a flying robot companion for joggers. We present a set of questions from our work that we believe represent some of the key challenges researchers will face when considering robots in exertion games. Through these questions, we aim to support research into the future of exertion games and develop guidance for designers to create better game experiences that leverage the many benefits of exertion for players.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCHI EA '12 : CHI '12 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Number of pages4
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
Publication date2012
Publication statusPublished - 2012
Externally publishedYes

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