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Dash Lane Mobile: Exploring Hypercasual Play to Provide Accessible Physically Active Breaks

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Kathrin Gerling,

Patrick Dickinson,

Jussi HolopainenAuthors Info & Claims

CHI PLAY '20: Extended Abstracts of the 2020 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play

Pages 311 - 315

https://doi.org/10.1145/3383668.3419869

Published: 03 November 2020 Publication History

Abstract

Physical activity is a source of pleasure and important for wellbeing. However, for people with mobility impairment, exercise facilities can also be hard to access, increasing the importance of exercising at home. In this work, we explore the potential of hypercasual exergames - games that drastically reduce the amount of setup time - to provide opportunities for physically active and playful breaks throughout the day. Modifying an existing exergame geared toward wheelchair users [16], we report results from a player experience evaluation with eight wheelchair users that suggest a positive user experience, and outline how we seek to further develop the idea of hypercasuality of playful exertion in the future.

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Dash Lane Mobile: Exploring Hypercasual Play to Provide Accessible Physically Active Breaks
1. Applied computing
  1. Computers in other domains
    1. Personal computers and PC applications
      1. Computer games

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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3616961.3616964
Mason LGerling KDickinson PHolopainen JJacobs LHicks K(2022)Including the Experiences of Physically Disabled Players in Mainstream Guidelines for Movement-Based GamesProceedings of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3491102.3501867(1-15)Online publication date: 29-Apr-2022
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