Advances in Computer Entertainment

10th International Conference, ACE 2013, Boekelo, The Netherlands, November 12-15, 2013. Proceedings

  • Dennis Reidsma
  • Haruhiro Katayose
  • Anton Nijholt
Conference proceedings

Part of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series (LNCS, volume 8253)

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
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  2. Long Presentations

    1. Web Analytics: The New Purpose towards Predictive Mobile Games
      Mathew Burns, Martin Colbert
      Pages 1-13
    2. An Author-Centric Approach to Procedural Content Generation
      Rui Craveirinha, Lucas Santos, Licínio Roque
      Pages 14-28
    3. Providing Adaptive Visual Interface Feedback in Massively Multiplayer Online Games
      Chris Deaker, Masood Masoodian, Bill Rogers
      Pages 29-44
    4. Persuasive Elements in Videogames: Effects on Player Performance and Physiological State
      Luís Duarte, Luís Carriço
      Pages 45-60
    5. Evaluating Human-like Behaviors of Video-Game Agents Autonomously Acquired with Biological Constraints
      Nobuto Fujii, Yuichi Sato, Hironori Wakama, Koji Kazai, Haruhiro Katayose
      Pages 61-76
    6. Comparing Game User Research Methodologies for the Improvement of Level Design in a 2-D Platformer
      Marcello Andres Gómez Maureira, Dirk P. Janssen, Stefano Gualeni, Michelle Westerlaken, Licia Calvi
      Pages 77-92
    7. Touch Me, Tilt Me – Comparing Interaction Modalities for Navigation in 2D and 3D Worlds on Mobiles
      Wolfgang Hürst, Hector Cunat Nunez
      Pages 93-108
    8. Virtual Robotization of the Human Body via Data-Driven Vibrotactile Feedback
      Yosuke Kurihara, Taku Hachisu, Katherine J. Kuchenbecker, Hiroyuki Kajimoto
      Pages 109-122
    9. BOLLOCKS!! Designing Pervasive Games That Play with the Social Rules of Built Environments
      Conor Linehan, Nick Bull, Ben Kirman
      Pages 123-137
    10. Cuddly: Enchant Your Soft Objects with a Mobile Phone
      Suzanne Low, Yuta Sugiura, Kevin Fan, Masahiko Inami
      Pages 138-151
    11. GuideMe: A Mobile Augmented Reality System to Display User Manuals for Home Appliances
      Lars Müller, Ilhan Aslan, Lucas Krüßen
      Pages 152-167
    12. Petanko Roller: A VR System with a Rolling-Pin Haptic Interface for Entertainment
      Ken Nakagaki, Keina Konno, Shuntaro Tashiro, Ayaka Ikezawa, Yusaku Kimura, Masaru Jingi et al.
      Pages 168-181
    13. Emoballoon
      Kosuke Nakajima, Yuichi Itoh, Yusuke Hayashi, Kazuaki Ikeda, Kazuyuki Fujita, Takao Onoye
      Pages 182-197
    14. Theory and Application of the Colloidal Display: Programmable Bubble Screen for Computer Entertainment
      Yoichi Ochiai, Alexis Oyama, Takayuki Hoshi, Jun Rekimoto
      Pages 198-214
    15. Return of the Man-Machine Interface: Violent Interactions
      Duncan Rowland, Conor Linehan, Kwamena Appiah-Kubi, Maureen Schoonheyt
      Pages 215-229
    16. Non-branching Interactive Comics
      Edirlei Soares de Lima, Bruno Feijó, Antonio L. Furtado, Simone Diniz Junqueira Barbosa, Cesar T. Pozzer, Angelo E. M. Ciarlini
      Pages 230-245

  3. Short Presentations

    1. The Art of Tug of War: Investigating the Influence of Remote Touch on Social Presence in a Distributed Rope Pulling Game
      Thomas Beelen, Robert Blaauboer, Noraly Bovenmars, Bob Loos, Lukas Zielonka, Robby van Delden et al.
      Pages 246-257
    2. Singing Like a Tenor without a Real Voice
      Jochen Feitsch, Marco Strobel, Christian Geiger
      Pages 258-269
    3. An Experimental Approach to Identifying Prominent Factors in Video Game Difficulty
      James Fraser, Michael Katchabaw, Robert E. Mercer
      Pages 270-283

About these proceedings

Introduction

This book constitutes the refereed conference proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment, ACE 2013, held in Boekelo, The Netherlands, in November 2013. The 19 full paper and 16 short papers presented together 42 extended abstracts were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 133 submissions in all categories. The papers cover topics across a wide spectrum of disciplines including new devices; evaluation and user studies; games as interface to serious applications; creating immersion; interfaces; new experiences; procedural approaches and AI; and theory. Focusing on all areas related to interactive entertainment they aim at stimulating discussion in the development of new and compelling entertainment computing and interactive art concepts and applications.

Keywords

Web analytics augmented reality child-computer interaction mobile phone based computing social media interaction

Editors and affiliations

  • Dennis Reidsma
    • 1
  • Haruhiro Katayose
    • 2
  • Anton Nijholt
    • 3
  1. 1.Human Media Interaction/Creative TechnologyUniversity of TwenteEnschedeThe Netherlands
  2. 2.School of Science and Technology, Department of Human System InteractionKwansei Gakuin UniversitySandaJapan
  3. 3.Human Media InteractionUniversity of TwenteEnschedeThe Netherlands

Bibliographic information

  • DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03161-3
  • Copyright Information Springer International Publishing 2013
  • Publisher Name Springer, Cham
  • eBook Packages Computer Science
  • Print ISBN 978-3-319-03160-6
  • Online ISBN 978-3-319-03161-3
  • Series Print ISSN 0302-9743
  • Series Online ISSN 1611-3349
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