Light Saver: Wearable LEDs to Hunt, Reward, Show Off and Equalise

Differences in children’s skills and physique can impede their enjoyment of physical games. In this paper, we present a wearable system for playing tag in the dark. We intended the LEDs on players’ vests to balance differences in children’s abilities by increasing the visibility of more successful players. Initial tests with 64 children suggest that lighting effects may have indirectly produced an ability equalizing effect through prompting in-game communication about cooperation. In our design, very simple lights functioned as a distributed on body scoreboard while simultaneously offering other effects such as providing reward, motivation and illumination. We hope this design may give inspiration to developers concerned with playing balancing and wearable game platforms.

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Katrine Løck Worm

Dora Vagner

Camilla Schibsbye

Robb Mitchell

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Publication date: July 2018

Publication date (Print): July 2018

Pages: 1-5

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[0001]University of Southern Denmark

Kolding, Denmark 6000

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DOI: 10.14236/ewic/HCI2018.123

SO-VID: 18373062-5e0b-459f-be15-2fabc439d092

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Conference name: Proceedings of the 32nd International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference

Conference acronym: HCI

Conference number: 32

Conference location: Belfast, UK

Conference date: 4 - 6 July 2018

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: Human Computer Interaction Conference

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1477-9358 BCS Learning & Development

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L. Vongsathorn, O’K. Hara H.M. Mentis 2013 Bodily interaction in the dark, in: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems ACM, pp. 1275–1278.

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[1] D. Altimira J. Clarke G. Lee M. Billinghurst C. Bartneck 2017 Enhancing player engagement through game balancing in digitally augmented physical games International Journal of Human-Computer Studies 103 35–47.

[2] K.M. Gerling M. Miller R.L. Mandryk M.V. Birk J.D. Smeddinck 2014 Effects of balancing for physical abilities on player performance, experience and self-esteem in exergames, in: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems ACM, pp. 2201–2210.

[3] S. Grogan 2016 Body image: Understanding body dissatisfaction in men women and children Taylor & Francis.

[4] D. Finnegan E. Velloso R. Mitchell F.F. Mueller, & R. Byrne 2014). Reindeer & Wolves: Exploring Sensory Deprivation in Multiplayer Digital Bodily Play CHI PLAY - Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play, ACM, pp. 411–412

[5] R. Hunicke 2005 The case for dynamic difficulty adjustment in games, in: Proceedings of the 2005 ACM SIGCHI International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology ACM, pp. 429–433.

[6] Márquez Segura, E., A. Waern J. Moen C. Johansson 2013 The design space of body games: technological, physical, and social design, in: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems ACM, pp. 3365–3374.

[7] I. Soute 2007 HUGs: head-up games, in: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children ACM, pp. 205–208.

[8] J. Sweet 1951 More Patrol Activities Boy Scouts Association.

[9] van R. Delden A. Moreno R. Poppe D. Reidsma D. Heylen 2017 A thing of beauty: Steering behavior in an interactive playground, in: Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems ACM, pp. 2462–2472.

[10] Van Delden, R., A. Moreno R. Poppe D. Reidsma D. Heylen 2014 Steering gameplay behavior in the Interactive Tag Playground, in: European Conference on Ambient Intelligence Springer, pp. 145–157.

[11] L. Vongsathorn, O’K. Hara H.M. Mentis 2013 Bodily interaction in the dark, in: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems ACM, pp. 1275–1278.

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