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Towards Experiencing Eating as a Form of Play

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Florian 'Floyd' Mueller,

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CHI PLAY '18 Extended Abstracts: Proceedings of the 2018 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play Companion Extended Abstracts

Pages 559 - 567

https://doi.org/10.1145/3270316.3271528

Published: 23 October 2018 Publication History

Abstract

There is an increasing trend in interaction design to engage with food. We note that most prior work targets instrumental benefits (for example see food tracking apps to manage nutritional intake). In contrast, in this article, we highlight the potential of technology to support eating as a form of play. We reflect on our own work to articulate two design strategies for game designers on how they can facilitate playful eating experiences using novel technologies. Ultimately, with our work, we aim to facilitate a more playful engagement around the way we eat.

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Towards Experiencing Eating as a Form of Play
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Interaction design
  2. Ubiquitous and mobile computing
    1. Ubiquitous and mobile computing design and evaluation methods

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CHI PLAY '18 Extended Abstracts: Proceedings of the 2018 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play Companion Extended Abstracts

October 2018

725 pages

ISBN:9781450359689

DOI:10.1145/3270316

General Chairs:
Florian 'Floyd' Mueller
Exertion Games Lab, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
,
Daniel Johnson
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
,
Ben Schouten
Eindhoven University of Technology and Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands
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Program Chairs:
Phoebe O. Toups Dugas
Play & Interactive Experiences for Learning Lab, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA
,
Peta Wyeth
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia

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Campreguer França NMaurer BAltarriba Bertran F(2024)Towards Lenses for Reviewing Playfulness in HCIExtended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3613905.3650888(1-8)Online publication date: 11-May-2024
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Mueller FObrist MBertran FMakam NKim SDawes CMarti PMancini MCeccaldi EPasumarthy NClaire SJung KDeng JSteimle JKrasteva NSchwalk MReiterer HWang HWang Y(2024)Grand challenges in human-food interactionInternational Journal of Human-Computer Studies10.1016/j.ijhcs.2023.103197183:COnline publication date: 14-Mar-2024
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