Methods for evaluating games: How to measure usability and user experience in games?

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn 203, Issue , 2007, Pages 309-310

  Bernhaupt, Regina ^a   Eckschlager, Manfred ^b   Tscheligi, Manfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b ITragnarion Studios   (Spain)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Games; Interaction techniques; User experience

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; USER INTERFACES;

GAMES; INTERACTION TECHNIQUES; USER EXPERIENCE;

ANIMATION;

EID: 34547989820     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1255047.1255142     Document Type: Conference Paper

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