Exertion interfaces: sports over a distance for social bonding and fun
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Remote impact: shadowboxing over a distance
CHI '08 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Hacking the Nintendo Wii Remote
IEEE Pervasive Computing
Contact through canvas: an entertaining encounter
Personal and Ubiquitous Computing
Balancing exertion experiences
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
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Exertion games, digital games that involve physical effort, are becoming more popular. Although some of these games support social experiences, they rarely consider or support body contact. We believe overlooking body contact as part of social play experiences limits opportunities to design engaging exertion games. To explore this opportunity, we present Bubble Popper, an exertion game that considers and facilitates body contact. Bubble Popper, which uses very simple technology, also demonstrates that considering and facilitating body contact can be achieved without the need to sense body contact. Through reflecting on our design and analyzing observations of play we are able to articulate what impact physical space layout in relation to digital game elements, and physical disparity between input and digital display can have on body contact. Our results aid game designers in creating engaging exertion game experiences by guiding them when considering body contact, ultimately helping players benefiting from more engaging exertion games.