Evaluating playability on haptic user interface for mobile gaming

Author

Wong, Chui Yin ; Chu, Kimberly ; Khong, Chee Weng ; Lim, Tek Yong

Author_Institution

Interface Design Dept., Multimedia Univ., Cyberjaya, Malaysia

Volume

3

fYear

2010

fDate

15-17 June 2010

Firstpage

1093

Lastpage

1098

Abstract

There have been escalating research interests on areas relating to haptic modality in recent years, especially towards mobile devices. However, there seems to be limited studies in determining the relation between haptic user interfaces and its influence on the playability of mobile games. This paper aims to measure playability of mobile games by comparing two different types of haptic interfaces, namely hard and soft keypad, for mobile gaming. The results show that the participants (N=12) scored highest in using a soft keypad (mean = 591.92, SD = 322.57) as compared to playing games using a hard keypad (mean = 471, SD = 359.29). However, this paper highlights that the majority of users prefer using the hard keypad method in virtue of greater player experience with regards to game play.

Keywords

computer games; haptic interfaces; mobile computing; haptic user interface; hard keypad; mobile devices; mobile gaming; soft keypad; Cultural differences; Games; Haptic interfaces; Industries; Internet; Land mobile radio; evaluation; haptics; mobile game; playability; soft and hard key; user interface;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Technology (ITSim), 2010 International Symposium in

Conference_Location

Kuala Lumpur

ISSN

2155-897

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6715-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ITSIM.2010.5561513

Filename

5561513