The Playful Experiences (PLEX) framework as a guide for expert evaluation

Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Designing Pleasurable Products and Interfaces, DPPI 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 221-230

  Lucero, Andrés ^a   Holopainen, Jussi ^b   Ollila, Elina ^a   Suomela, Riku ^a   Karapanos, Evangelos ^c  

^a NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MADEIRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

evaluation methods; heuristic evaluation; playfulness

Indexed keywords

HEURISTIC METHODS; NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION;

EVALUATION METHODS; EVALUATION TOOL; EXPERT EVALUATION; GAME EXPERIENCE; GAME PROTOTYPES; HEURISTIC EVALUATION; PHYSICAL INTERACTIONS; PLAYFULNESS;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 84887363612     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2513506.2513530     Document Type: Conference Paper

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