Marrying HCI/Usability and computer games: a preliminary look

  • Authors:
  • Anker Helms Jørgensen

  • Affiliations:
  • IT University of Copenhagen

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the third Nordic conference on Human-computer interaction
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

The fields HCI/usability and computer games have existed for a few decades with virtually no mutual interaction. However, in recent years, a number of exchanges have appeared, both in academia and in practice. This paper presents a preliminary account of this development. Exchanges in both directions seem viable: evaluation methods from HCI/usability towards games and interaction techniques and supporting user communication from games towards HCI/usability. The paper concludes with a discussion of the differences and similarities between the two fields.