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van den Hoogen, W. M., IJsselsteijn, W. A., & de Kort, Y. A. W. 2009, September 1–4, Effects of sensory immersion on behavioural indicators of player experience: Movement synchrony and controller pressure. Paper presented at Breaking New Ground: Innovation in Games, Play, Practice and Theory, Brunel University. Added by: Mark Grimshaw-Aagaard (11/2/09, 7:05 AM) |
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| Resource type: Proceedings Article Peer reviewed BibTeX citation key: vandenHoogen2009 Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: Immersion Creators: van den Hoogen, IJsselsteijn, de Kort Publisher: DiGRA (Brunel University) Collection: Breaking New Ground: Innovation in Games, Play, Practice and Theory |
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"In this paper we investigate the relation between immersion in a game and the player’s intensity of physical behaviours, in order to explore whether these behaviours can be reliably used as indicators of player experience. Immersion in the game was manipulated by means of screen size (20" vs 42" screen), and sound pressure level (60dBA vs 80 dBA), according to a 2 x 2 design. The effects of these manipulations on self-reported experience (including arousal and presence) and behavioural intensity (controller tilt and button pressure) were measured. Results showed that sound pressure level in particular strongly influenced both the self-reported measures of people's affective reactions and feelings of presence and the force people applied to the interface device. Results from controller tilt demonstrated that participants did move along with the dynamics of the game. The measure was, however not sensitive to either of the two manipulations of sensory immersion. In the paper the implications for the use of behavioural indicators of player experience in general and the feeling of presence are discussed. "
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