Requirements analysis of presence: Insights from a RPG game

Computers in Entertainment

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Bostan, Barbaros ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Design requirements; Presence; Role playing games; Virtual environment

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER BASED SIMULATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; DESIGN REQUIREMENTS; GAME DESIGNERS; GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATIONS; PRESENCE; REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS; ROLE-PLAYING GAME; ROLE-PLAYING GAMES; TECHNOLOGICAL ASPECTS; VIRTUAL CHARACTER; VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT; VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS; VIRTUAL WORLDS;

GAME THEORY; GRAPHIC METHODS; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; RESEARCH; VIRTUAL REALITY;

DESIGN;

EID: 67649559409     PISSN: 15443574     EISSN: 15443981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1486508.1486517     Document Type: Article

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