Have a break: Raising the self-awareness of gamers about long gaming sessions using an ambient tangible device

Rosanne Bloemraad; Noortje Boekenoogen; Joost Van Den Broek; Maxine Palmen; Günter Wallner; Regina Bernhaupt

doi:10.1145/3383668.3419866

Have a break: Raising the self-awareness of gamers about long gaming sessions using an ambient tangible device

Rosanne Bloemraad, Noortje Boekenoogen, Joost Van Den Broek, Maxine Palmen, Günter Wallner, Regina Bernhaupt

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Abstract

Video games have shown to promote well-being in various ways. However, they may also have negative effects on the psychological and physical well-being of players. In this work, we are concerned with the latter and present a tangible ambient device aimed at creating awareness about long gaming sessions and encouraging players to take breaks based on physiological measurements. We report on the design of the tool and on a preliminary user study conducted with six participants to assess acceptance and usefulness of the tool. Feedback indicates that the tool served as a pleasant, mostly non-distracting, reminder to take breaks. However, more work is needed to better align the breaks with actual gameplay.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI PLAY 2020 - Extended Abstracts of the 2020 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
Pages	188-192
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450375870
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3383668.3419866
Publication status	Published - 2 Nov 2020
Event	7th ACM SIGCHI Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play, CHI PLAY 2020 - Virtual, Online, Canada Duration: 2 Nov 2020 → 4 Nov 2020 https://chiplay.acm.org/2020/

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Conference	7th ACM SIGCHI Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play, CHI PLAY 2020
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Virtual, Online
Period	2/11/20 → 4/11/20
Other	Virtual event
Internet address	https://chiplay.acm.org/2020/

Keywords

Gaming
Physiological measurements
Self-awareness
Tangible data visualization

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Bloemraad, R., Boekenoogen, N., Van Den Broek, J., Palmen, M., Wallner, G., & Bernhaupt, R. (2020). Have a break: Raising the self-awareness of gamers about long gaming sessions using an ambient tangible device. In CHI PLAY 2020 - Extended Abstracts of the 2020 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play (pp. 188-192). Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. https://doi.org/10.1145/3383668.3419866

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Bloemraad, R, Boekenoogen, N, Van Den Broek, J, Palmen, M, Wallner, G & Bernhaupt, R 2020, Have a break: Raising the self-awareness of gamers about long gaming sessions using an ambient tangible device. in CHI PLAY 2020 - Extended Abstracts of the 2020 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, pp. 188-192, 7th ACM SIGCHI Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play, CHI PLAY 2020, Virtual, Online, Canada, 2/11/20. https://doi.org/10.1145/3383668.3419866

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CHI PLAY 2020 - Extended Abstracts of the 2020 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2020. p. 188-192.

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Bloemraad R, Boekenoogen N, Van Den Broek J, Palmen M, Wallner G, Bernhaupt R. Have a break: Raising the self-awareness of gamers about long gaming sessions using an ambient tangible device. In CHI PLAY 2020 - Extended Abstracts of the 2020 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. 2020. p. 188-192 doi: 10.1145/3383668.3419866

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