Out of sight, out of mind : co-player effects on seniors' player experience

B.J. Gajadhar; H.H. Nap; Y.A.W. Kort, de; W.A. IJsselsteijn

doi:10.1145/1823818.1823826

Out of sight, out of mind : co-player effects on seniors' player experience

B.J. Gajadhar, H.H. Nap, Y.A.W. Kort, de, W.A. IJsselsteijn

Human Technology Interaction

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

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Abstract

Digital games are an excellent means to meet and socialize with others in leisure time. Online co-play could in particular be of great value for isolated and less mobile seniors. However, recent findings suggest that seniors have negative perceptions about mediated co-play over the Internet. Since no empirical results are available for senior gamers, we studied seniors' player experience in three play configurations with increasing levels of social presence: virtual, mediated, and co-located co-play. Results showed that -- in contrast to young adults -- the increase in a positive player experience as a result from the presence of social elements does not entirely hold for senior gamers. Online co-play is experienced as least enjoyable and seniors' sense of social presence is not affected when a computer controlled co-player is substituted by a distant human co-player.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 3rd international conference on fun and games, September 16-17, 2010, Leuven (B)
Editors	V. Vanden Abeele, B. Zaman
Place of Publication	Leuven
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
Pages	74-83
ISBN (Print)	978-1-60558-907-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/1823818.1823826
Publication status	Published - 2010
Event	3rd International Conference on Fun and Games, September 15-17, 2010, Louvain, Belgium - Louvain, Belgium Duration: 15 Sep 2010 → 17 Sep 2010

Conference

Conference	3rd International Conference on Fun and Games, September 15-17, 2010, Louvain, Belgium
Country	Belgium
City	Louvain
Period	15/09/10 → 17/09/10

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Gajadhar, B. J., Nap, H. H., Kort, de, Y. A. W., & IJsselsteijn, W. A. (2010). Out of sight, out of mind : co-player effects on seniors' player experience. In V. Vanden Abeele, & B. Zaman (Eds.), Proceedings of the 3rd international conference on fun and games, September 16-17, 2010, Leuven (B) (pp. 74-83). Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. https://doi.org/10.1145/1823818.1823826

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Gajadhar, BJ, Nap, HH, Kort, de, YAW & IJsselsteijn, WA 2010, Out of sight, out of mind : co-player effects on seniors' player experience. in V Vanden Abeele & B Zaman (eds), Proceedings of the 3rd international conference on fun and games, September 16-17, 2010, Leuven (B). Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, Leuven, pp. 74-83, 3rd International Conference on Fun and Games, September 15-17, 2010, Louvain, Belgium, Louvain, Belgium, 15/09/10. https://doi.org/10.1145/1823818.1823826

Out of sight, out of mind : co-player effects on seniors' player experience. / Gajadhar, B.J.; Nap, H.H.; Kort, de, Y.A.W.; IJsselsteijn, W.A.

Proceedings of the 3rd international conference on fun and games, September 16-17, 2010, Leuven (B). ed. / V. Vanden Abeele; B. Zaman. Leuven : Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2010. p. 74-83.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

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Gajadhar BJ, Nap HH, Kort, de YAW , IJsselsteijn WA. Out of sight, out of mind : co-player effects on seniors' player experience. In Vanden Abeele V, Zaman B, editors, Proceedings of the 3rd international conference on fun and games, September 16-17, 2010, Leuven (B). Leuven: Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. 2010. p. 74-83 https://doi.org/10.1145/1823818.1823826