Walk 2 win: Towards designing a mobile game for elderly's social engagement

Proceedings of the 22nd British HCI Group Annual Conference on People and Computers: Culture, Creativity, Interaction, BCS HCI 2008

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 11-14

  Mubin, Omar ^a   Shahid, Suleman ^b   Mahmud, Abdullah Al ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Elderly; Ethnography; Focus group; Fun; Game; User centered design

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CENTERS; ELDERLY; ETHNOGRAPHY; FOCUS GROUPS; GAME; SENIOR CITIZENS; SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT; USER-CENTERED APPROACH;

USER CENTERED DESIGN;

EID: 84923833692     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.14236/ewic/hci2008.22     Document Type: Conference Paper

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