Author/Authors :
Ali, Nazlena Mohamad Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Institute of Visual Informatics (IVI), Malaysia , Abdullah, Siti Zahidah Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Faculty of Information Science and Technology, Malaysia , Salim, Juhana Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Faculty of Information Science and Technology, Malaysia , Sulaiman, Riza Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Institute of Visual Informatics (IVI), Malaysia , Ahmad, Azlina Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Institute of Visual Informatics (IVI), Malaysia , Zaman, Halimah Badioze Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Institute of Visual Informatics (IVI), Malaysia , Lee, Hyowon University of Technology and Design, Singapore
Abstract :
In this paper we describe our experience using psycho physiological techniques to explore user experience in playing games. We used heart rate devices to measure the user experience during a simulation game play called The Sims™ 3. This study does not emphasize the measurement of data, but focuses mainly on experiences in applying a psycho physiological method to capture user experience while playing games. We measured selected participants’ heart rates using a heart rate detector while playing a game. The majority of participants had an average of 60-90 bmp heart rates (HR). Our analysis revealed that there was no difference in HR between novice and non-novice players, but that HR had mostly similar patterns amongst the players throughout the game-playing experiment. HR was higher during the interesting or fun activities or tasks.We end by discussing lessons learnt and issues identified in the experiment which are useful for future enhancement.
Keywords :
user experience , game play , human , computer interaction , heart rate device
