Understanding handicapping for balancing exertion games

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dc.contributor.authorBillinghurst, Mark
dc.contributor.authorAltimira, D.
dc.contributor.authorMueller, F.
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-21T22:22:31Z
dc.date.available2016-01-21T22:22:31Z
dc.date.issued2013en
dc.description.abstractBalancing play can be important for engaging people in games since it allows players with different skills and abilities to play together and still feel challenged. Balancing play in exertion games has mainly been explored by challenging the physical effort. To further our understanding of how to design for more balanced experiences, we extend this prior work by studying the affect on player’s score by a score handicap. This gives the less skilled player an initial score advantage. A performance handicap was also studied by asking the most skilled player to play with the non-dominant hand. We studied digital and non-digital table tennis games, which provide different game interactions, as examples of non-parallel, competitive games. Our results show that these different game interactions influenced the impact the different handicaps had on player’s scores. Therefore, we suggest the game interaction is a key element to understand the suitability of score and performance balancing methods.en
dc.identifier.citationBillinghurst, M., Altimira, D., Mueller, F. (2013) Understanding handicapping for balancing exertion games. Paris, France: CHI '13, 27 Apr-2 May 2013. CHI '13 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 1125-1130.en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1145/2468356.2468557
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10092/11682
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Canterbury. Human Interface Technology Laboratoryen
dc.rights.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10092/17651en
dc.subjectExertion interfaceen
dc.subjectsportsen
dc.subjectsocial interactionen
dc.subjectplay balancingen
dc.subjecthandicappingen
dc.subjectengagementen
dc.subject.anzsrcField of Research::08 - Information and Computing Sciences::0806 - Information Systems::080602 - Computer-Human Interactionen
dc.titleUnderstanding handicapping for balancing exertion gamesen
dc.typeConference Contributions - Published
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