Introducing human-centered research to game design: Designing game concepts for and with senior citizens

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1469-1474

  Abeele, Veronika V D ^a   Van Rompaey, Veerle ^a  

^a Group T Leuven Engineering School   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Elderly; Ethnography; Game design; Human centered design; Participatory design; Senior citizens

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY; ETHNOGRAPHY; GAME DESIGN; HUMAN-CENTERED DESIGNS; PARTICIPATORY DESIGN; SENIOR CITIZENS;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

RESEARCH;

EID: 84869099702     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1125451.1125721     Document Type: Conference Paper

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