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Hearing is believing: evaluating ambient audio for location-based games

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T. C. Nicholas Graham,

Regan L. MandrykAuthors Info & Claims

ACE '11: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology

Article No.: 32, Pages 1 - 8

https://doi.org/10.1145/2071423.2071463

Published: 08 November 2011 Publication History

Abstract

In location-based games, players act as their own avatar within in the physical world. Such games are increasing in popularity due to the wide adoption of smartphones that contain the location sensors necessary for their play. When played on a small, hand-held display, location-based games have two problems: users may be distracted, possibly leading to accidents; and players must map the display contents to the physical world, possibly reducing their sense of immersion. In this paper, we present the results of a study showing that ambient audio - a continuous stream of audio representing an entity in space - can replace visual displays for navigation tasks in location-based games. We find that ambient audio reduces player performance, but increases their sense of immersion in the virtual world and increases player safety.

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Index Terms

Hearing is believing: evaluating ambient audio for location-based games
1. Computing methodologies
  1. Computer graphics
    1. Graphics systems and interfaces
      1. Virtual reality
2. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)

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ACE '11: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology

November 2011

562 pages

ISBN:9781450308274

DOI:10.1145/2071423

General Chairs:
Teresa Romão
FCT/UNL, Portugal
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Nuno Correia
FCT/UNL, Portugal
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Masahiko Inami
Keio University, Japan
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Eduardo Dias
FCT/UNL, Portugal
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Teresa Chambel
FC/UL, Portugal
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Hirokasu Kato
Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
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Rui Prada
Instituto Superior Técnico/UTL and INESC-ID, Portugal
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Tsutomu Terada
Kobe University, Japan

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