Investigating the applicability of usability and playability heuristics for evaluation of pervasive games

Proceedings - 3rd International Conference on Internet and Web Applications and Services, ICIW 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 656-661

  Jegers, Kalle ^a  

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Author keywords

Games; User centered design; User interfaces

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; INTERNET; WORLD WIDE WEB;

GAMES; PERVASIVE GAMES; USER CENTERED DESIGN; USER INTERFACES;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 51049116167     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICIW.2008.54     Document Type: Conference Paper

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