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DubTouch: exploring human to human touch interaction for gaming in double sided displays

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Oğuz Turan Buruk,

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NordiCHI '14: Proceedings of the 8th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Fun, Fast, Foundational

Pages 333 - 342

https://doi.org/10.1145/2639189.2639234

Published: 26 October 2014 Publication History

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Human to human touch interaction (social touch) has not been investigated thoroughly as a control apparatus for gaming purposes although it holds potential. Therefore, we have developed the concept of DubTouch which is an interactive environment comprised of double sided display and touch areas where two players can touch each other. To investigate its potential, we conducted two step research method comprised of a user study and a design workshop. As a result of the user study with 10 participants, 6 categories of social touch patterns are generated. Two of these categories, found both intuitive and exclusive to DubTouch according to our evaluations. Design Workshop, with 10 experts, concluded with two games. The properties of control schemes of these games match with the results of the user study. Moreover, our observations showed that both games have created uncommon gaming experiences by utilizing social touch and by benefiting face to face positions of players.

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DubTouch: exploring human to human touch interaction for gaming in double sided displays
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction devices
      1. Touch screens
    2. Interaction paradigms

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NordiCHI '14: Proceedings of the 8th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Fun, Fast, Foundational

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DOI:10.1145/2639189

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Patibanda ROverdevest NNisal SSaini AElvitigala DKnibbe JVan Den Hoven EMueller F(2024)Shared Bodily Fusion: Leveraging Inter-Body Electrical Muscle Stimulation for Social PlayProceedings of the 2024 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference10.1145/3643834.3660723(2088-2106)Online publication date: 1-Jul-2024
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