OPOS: An observation scheme for evaluating head-up play

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn 358, Issue , 2008, Pages 33-42

  Bakker, Saskia ^a   Markopoulos, Panos ^a   De Kort, Yvonne ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; Game evaluation; Pervasive games; Structured observation

Indexed keywords

CHILDREN; GAME EVALUATION; HEAD-UP; PERVASIVE GAME; PERVASIVE GAMES; STRUCTURED OBSERVATION;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

GAME THEORY;

EID: 70049102401     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1463160.1463165     Document Type: Conference Paper

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