DocumentCode :
3232344
Title :
A single-user tabletop card game system for older persons: General lessons learned from an in-situ study
Author :
Gabrielli, Silvia ; Bellutti, Sergio ; Jameson, Anthony ; Leonardi, Chiara ; Zancanaro, Massimo
Author_Institution :
FBK-irst, Povo
fYear :
2008
fDate :
1-3 Oct. 2008
Firstpage :
85
Lastpage :
88
Abstract :
This paper discusses some general results from an in-situ study of the use of a tabletop system for card playing that differs in several ways from most tabletop systems: 1. It was designed primarily for use by senior citizens with little or no computer experience. 2. It is a single-user system, though social interaction with nearby persons during its use is typical. 3. It includes a simple conversational agent (representing the gamepsilas other player). 4. It is used in a setting (a senior citizenspsila center) in which the users also play cards in the traditional ways. A total of 42 regular visitors of the center participated over a 4-week period. From our observations and results, we draw several conclusions that should apply to other tabletop systems that share one or more of the characteristics just listed.
Keywords :
computer games; card playing; single-user tabletop card game system; social interaction; Aging; Application software; Employment; Psychology; Senior citizens; System testing; Usability;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Horizontal Interactive Human Computer Systems, 2008. TABLETOP 2008. 3rd IEEE International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Amsterdam
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2897-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2898-4
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/TABLETOP.2008.4660188
Filename :
4660188
Link To Document :
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