Play and Learning Across Realities: Design Strategies for a Permeable Magic Circle

Erik D. van der Spek

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-93715-6_3

Play and Learning Across Realities: Design Strategies for a Permeable Magic Circle

Erik D. van der Spek (Corresponding author)

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Abstract

The rise of Mixed and Virtual Reality technologies can stimulate more intense game experiences, offer new opportunities for learning and have made new interaction paradigms possible. However, it is important to understand how players engage with mixed and virtual realities, and how to design ways to subtly pull people in and out of the game world as the context requires. This paper proposes a framework based on concepts of the magic circle and diegesis, to provide four Mixed Reality interaction design strategies, and subsequently gives a game design exemplar for each of these categories to highlight how they can be operationalized.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality
Subtitle of host publication	17th International Conference, VAMR 2025, Held as Part of the 27th HCI International Conference, HCII 2025, Proceedings
Editors	Jessie Y. C. Chen, Gino Fragomeni
Publisher	Springer
Pages	30-40
Number of pages	11
Volume	3
ISBN (Electronic)	9783031937156
ISBN (Print)	9783031937149
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-93715-6_3
Publication status	Published - 31 May 2025
Event	17th International Conference on Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality, VAMR 2025, held as part of the 27th HCI International Conference, HCII 2025 - Gothenburg, Sweden Duration: 22 Jun 2025 → 27 Jun 2025

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Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume	15790 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	17th International Conference on Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality, VAMR 2025, held as part of the 27th HCI International Conference, HCII 2025
Country/Territory	Sweden
City	Gothenburg
Period	22/06/25 → 27/06/25

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© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2025.

Keywords

Interaction Design
Magic Circle
Mixed Reality
Play
Presence

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van der Spek, E. D. (2025). Play and Learning Across Realities: Design Strategies for a Permeable Magic Circle. In J. Y. C. Chen, & G. Fragomeni (Eds.), Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality: 17th International Conference, VAMR 2025, Held as Part of the 27th HCI International Conference, HCII 2025, Proceedings (Vol. 3, pp. 30-40). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 15790 LNCS). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-93715-6_3

van der Spek, Erik D. / Play and Learning Across Realities : Design Strategies for a Permeable Magic Circle. Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality: 17th International Conference, VAMR 2025, Held as Part of the 27th HCI International Conference, HCII 2025, Proceedings. editor / Jessie Y. C. Chen ; Gino Fragomeni. Vol. 3 Springer, 2025. pp. 30-40 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

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Play and Learning Across Realities: Design Strategies for a Permeable Magic Circle. / van der Spek, Erik D. (Corresponding author).
Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality: 17th International Conference, VAMR 2025, Held as Part of the 27th HCI International Conference, HCII 2025, Proceedings. ed. / Jessie Y. C. Chen; Gino Fragomeni. Vol. 3 Springer, 2025. p. 30-40 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 15790 LNCS).

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