Hanging off a bar

Florian 'Floyd' Mueller; Cagdas Toprak; Eberhard Graether; Wouter Walmink; Bert Bongers; Elise Van Den Hoven

doi:10.1145/2212776.2212384

Hanging off a bar

Florian 'Floyd' Mueller, Cagdas Toprak, Eberhard Graether, Wouter Walmink, Bert Bongers, Elise Van Den Hoven

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Abstract

Exertion Games involve physical effort and as a result can facilitate physical health benefits. We present Hanging off a Bar, an action hero-inspired Exertion Game in which players hang off an exercise bar over a virtual river for as long as possible. Initial observations from three events with audiences ranging from the general public to expert game designers suggest that Hanging off a Bar can be engaging for players and facilitate intense exertion within seconds. Furthermore, we collected suggestions for what game elements players believe could entice them to increase their physical effort investment. These suggestions, combined with Hanging off a Bar as research vehicle due to the easy measurement of exertion through hanging time, enable future explorations into the relationship between digital game elements and physical exertion, guiding designers on how to support exertion in digital games.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Extended Abstracts - The 30th ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2012
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Pages	1055-1058
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Print)	9781450310161
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2212776.2212384
Publication status	Published - 2012
Externally published	Yes
Event	International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2012 - Austin Convention Center, Austin, United States of America Duration: 5 May 2012 → 10 May 2012 Conference number: 30th https://chi2012.acm.org/index.shtml

Conference

Conference	International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2012
Abbreviated title	CHI 2012
Country/Territory	United States of America
City	Austin
Period	5/05/12 → 10/05/12
Internet address	https://chi2012.acm.org/index.shtml

Keywords

exergames
exertion games
exertion interfaces
game design
sport
whole-body interaction

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Mueller, FF, Toprak, C, Graether, E, Walmink, W, Bongers, B & Van Den Hoven, E 2012, Hanging off a bar. in Extended Abstracts - The 30th ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2012. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), pp. 1055-1058, International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2012, Austin, Texas, United States of America, 5/05/12. https://doi.org/10.1145/2212776.2212384

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