Exploring the Player Experiences of Wearable Gaming Interfaces: A User Elicitation Study

• Published in: Proceedings of the ACM on human-computer interaction 2022-10, Vol.6 (CHI PLAY), p.1-26, Article 234
• Main Authors: Xiao, Ruowei, Jung, Sangwon, Buruk, Oguz 'Oz', Hamari, Juho
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Computer systems organization; Cross-computing tools and techniques; Design; Embedded and cyber-physical systems; Embedded hardware; Embedded systems; Empirical studies in interaction design; General and reference; Human-centered computing; Interaction design; Mobile devices; Ubiquitous and mobile computing; Ubiquitous and mobile devices
• ISSN: 2573-0142; 2573-0142
• DOI: 10.1145/3549497

The design and development of playful wearable devices is a challenging and complicated problem. It entails not only multidisciplinary expertise but also a comprehensive understanding of player experience. There is a scarcity of evidence-based studies in current state-of-art literature that investigate general design practices and provide pragmatic design implications and suggestions based on solid user-centered research. To bridge the gap, we developed five experience prototypes based on the speculative design concepts from previous studies, and a Wizard of Oz experiment was conducted to elicit end users' feedback regarding general gaming experience as well as specific design themes in different gaming scenarios. The user experiment results were analyzed qualitatively following a rigorous thematic analysis, generating five major design implications as output. We believe this study will offer forward-looking insights to designers, developers and the research community, facilitating future work in this field.