"Now you need to laugh!" - Investigating fun in games with children

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 81-88

  Obrist, Marianna ^a   Igelsböck, Judith ^b   Beck, Elke ^a   Moser, Christiane ^a   Riegler, Stefan ^a   Tscheligi, Manfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Children; Evaluation; Facial expressions; Fun; Game

Indexed keywords

FACIAL EXPRESSIONS; FIELD STUDIES; INPUT CHANNELS; MOUSE INPUT; SHOPPING MALL;

SHOPPING CENTERS;

EID: 77749252778     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1690388.1690403     Document Type: Conference Paper

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