1. Wordster
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Raffi Kulpa-Bogossia, Tommi Heikkinen, Jarkko Koskela, Saku-Matti Mäki, Kimmo Ollila, Petri Luojus, and Timo Ojala
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Multimedia ,Computer science ,business.industry ,Interface (computing) ,ComputingMilieux_PERSONALCOMPUTING ,Mobile Web ,Usability ,Public displays ,computer.software_genre ,Word finding ,Mode (computer interface) ,Human–computer interaction ,Mobile phone ,Mobile search ,business ,computer - Abstract
We report the design, implementation and evaluation of Wordster, a word finding game played with public displays and mobile phones. The study shows how collaborative gaming in the single player mode enhances social interaction via co-location and spectator view. The usability and playability of the mobile multiplayer mode targeted for competitive gaming between players and realized by coupling a public display and a personal mobile phone into a distributed interface were found good in a controlled user evaluation. However, the adoption of the mobile multiplayer mode in an uncontrolled evaluation "in the wild" was poor, challenging the findings of the controlled user evaluation. more...
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- 2013
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