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Sailing Skweezee: An Exploration of Squeeze Interaction in VR

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Bert Vandenberghe,

Thomas Sodermans,

Kathrin Gerling,

Vero Vanden Abeele,

Luc GeurtsAuthors Info & Claims

CHI PLAY '19 Extended Abstracts: Extended Abstracts of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play Companion Extended Abstracts

Pages 131 - 138

https://doi.org/10.1145/3341215.3356983

Published: 17 October 2019 Publication History

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Sailing Skweezee is a game that explores squeeze interaction in virtual reality. Squeezing a soft controller stuffed with conductive wool steers a virtual boat through a course on water. The game is played with an Oculus Rift headset and is developed in Unity. An open source Skweezee library for Unity implements the squeeze interaction. Sailing Skweezee is found to deliver an immersive experience, aligning subtle physical manipulations of soft material with a floating experience of sailing on a virtual sea.

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Sailing Skweezee: An Exploration of Squeeze Interaction in VR
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction paradigms
      1. Virtual reality
    2. Interaction techniques

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CHI PLAY '19 Extended Abstracts: Extended Abstracts of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play Companion Extended Abstracts

October 2019

859 pages

ISBN:9781450368711

DOI:10.1145/3341215

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Joan Arnedo
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
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Lennart E. Nacke
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
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Vero Vanden Abeele
KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Phoebe O. Toups Dugas
New Mexico State University, New Mexico, USA

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Hougaard BKnoche H(2024)Aiming, Pointing, Steering: A Core Task Analysis Framework for GameplayProceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction10.1145/36770578:CHI PLAY(1-48)Online publication date: 15-Oct-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3677057
Blontrock KBrijs LVan Dijk LGys JVan Peer JRenders VTang KGerling KGeurts LWauters J(2022)Escape from the Hamster Wheel: Exploring the Role of Joy of Movement in Movement-based GamesExtended Abstracts of the 2022 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play10.1145/3505270.3558382(327-332)Online publication date: 2-Nov-2022
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