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Playful User Interfaces
Anton . Ed(S): Nijholt
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Description for Playful User Interfaces
Paperback. Written by top researchers on user interfaces for game and play environments, this book will broaden the understanding of all readers on the role of games and entertainment in domestic, work and public spaces. Editor(s): Nijholt, Anton. Series: Gaming Media and Social Effects. Num Pages: 362 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, 122 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBWH; UYQ; UYZG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 557.
The book is about user interfaces to applications that have been designed for social and physical interaction. The interfaces are ‘playful’, that is, users feel challenged to engage in social and physical interaction because that will be fun. The topics that will be present in this book are interactive playgrounds, urban games using mobiles, sensor-equipped environments for playing, child-computer interaction, tangible game interfaces, interactive tabletop technology and applications, full-body interaction, exertion games, persuasion, engagement, evaluation and user experience. Readers of the book will not only get a survey of state-of-the-art research in these areas, but the chapters in this book ... Read more
The book is about user interfaces to applications that have been designed for social and physical interaction. The interfaces are ‘playful’, that is, users feel challenged to engage in social and physical interaction because that will be fun. The topics that will be present in this book are interactive playgrounds, urban games using mobiles, sensor-equipped environments for playing, child-computer interaction, tangible game interfaces, interactive tabletop technology and applications, full-body interaction, exertion games, persuasion, engagement, evaluation and user experience. Readers of the book will not only get a survey of state-of-the-art research in these areas, but the chapters in this book ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer Verlag, Singapore Singapore
Number of pages
362
Condition
New
Series
Gaming Media and Social Effects
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Singapore, Singapore
ISBN
9789811011924
SKU
V9789811011924
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Ref
99-15
About Anton . Ed(S): Nijholt
Anton Nijholt is Professor in the Human Media Interaction research group of the University of Twente. He studied mathematics and computer science at the Delft University of Technology and did his PhD research at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam. Since then he held positions as post-doc and professor at universities in Canada, the Netherlands and Belgium, before he took a ... Read more
Reviews for Playful User Interfaces
From the book reviews: “The papers within the book demonstrate the value of user interfaces, not only as a way of catching the attention of humans, but also, and most importantly, as a way of teaching concepts, playing games intelligently, and helping people. … This book may be quite valuable for educators, graphic designers, computer engineers, and web developers. ... Read more