From Bin to Playin’: Give Vintage Objects a New Purpose as Game Controllers

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3544549.3585665" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3544549.3585665</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3544549.3585665" target="_blank" >10.1145/3544549.3585665</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

From Bin to Playin’: Give Vintage Objects a New Purpose as Game Controllers

Original language description

Alternative game controllers offer opportunities to explore player interactions and enhance game enjoyment. This paper presents an approach to creating playful game controllers using everyday objects that have outlived their usefulness. By incorporating an Arduino microcontroller, we aimed to upcycle them and create unique controllers that can enhance the gaming experience while reducing waste and promoting sustainability. To demonstrate our approach, we created three alternative game controllers from an alarm clock, a transistor radio, and a rotary phone. We also conducted an initial user study to get feedback on the gameplay compared to traditional controllers (keyboards or mice). The results showed that our custom controllers were more enjoyable, even when participants scored lower, and that the utility, usability, and user experience were comparable to standard controllers. Further user studies are needed to ensure that the controllers are as intuitive and comfortable as possible.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10201 - Computer sciences, information science, bioinformathics (hardware development to be 2.2, social aspect to be 5.8)

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA '23)

ISBN

9781450394222

ISSN

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e-ISSN

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Number of pages

6

Pages from-to

1-6

Publisher name

Association for Computing Machinery

Place of publication

Hamburg, Germany

Event location

Hamburg, Germany

Event date

Jan 1, 2023

Type of event by nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce

UT code for WoS article

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