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Cat cat revolution: an interspecies gaming experience

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Despite owners' desires to include pets in their everyday activities, pets have yet to be included in the digital gaming experience. The Cat Cat Revolution (CCR) is a digital game of cat and mouse that allows cats to participate in play through a species-appropriate interface. The game applies Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) principles to pets and casts pets as participants in the gaming experience. During the pilot study, pet owners characterized CCR as a mutually positive experience, describing the game as a fun way to play. CCR explores the effects of including pets in the digital gaming experience.

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  1. HCI interactions
  2. cats
  3. designing for emergence
  4. designing for interspecies interaction
  5. emergent intelligence
  6. human-pet gaming
  7. human-pet interaction
  8. non-human interaction

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