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Daggett, Kristina Marie. "Immersion through technology." [Ames, Iowa : Iowa State University], 2010. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:1476289.
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Enström, Hasse. "Nostalgi och ökad immersion." Thesis, Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för informationsteknologi, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-18978.
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I denna rapport beskrivs det vad nostalgi är, och hur det kan påverka en persons uppfattning om olika händelser och upplevelser. Studien som gjorts går ut på att undersöka om en nostalgisk upplevelse, främst inom ljud, kan skapa en större känsla av immersion i ett spel.Två olika versioner av en artefakt skapades för att kunna genomföra undersökningen. Den ena artefakten hade ljud som ska återskapa känslan av ett ”retrospel”, medan den andra artefakten innehöll ljud som ska låta nutida.En undersökning med tolv personer i ålder mellan 20 och 30 genomfördes i form av enskilda speltester och intervjuer. Alla deltagare fick testa både versionerna av artefakten för sedan kunna svara på frågor, om de upplevde immersion, och vilken version de föredrog.
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Häger, Ellen. "Enhanced Immersion in Augmented Reality Applications." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Institutionen för systemteknik, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-145217.
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This thesis will examine and evaluate different mechanics that could be used in games using augmented reality. Augmented reality, the technology used to integrate computer-generated images with the real world environment, allows developers to enhance a user's gaming experience.The different mechanics will focus on immersion and on user engagement and examine which of the two is more important in games. This is examined by implementing the different mechanics in an application for a Google Tango tablet. Immersion is created by letting the environment act on virtual objects, via occlusion culling. The virtual agent interacts with the real world to generate engagement. The different methods are surveyed online, and user tests performed with the application. The results showed how the concept of combining the surveyed methods of generating immersion and engagement using augmented reality was successful.
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Andersson, Tom, and Hampus Strömsholm. "Immersion, Make and Break the Game - a Study on the Impact of Immersion." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för teknik och samhälle (TS), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-20496.
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Att en spelare lever sig in i ett spel kan ses som en av de viktigaste delarna av ett bra spel och spelare vill ständigt ha spel där dom känner mer och mer inlevelse. Tidigare forskning visar på att inlevelse i digitala spel inte är ett enkelt område och för att kunna forska på det så krävs det att man delar upp det i mindre, mer hanterbara, delområden som kan undersökas både som enskilda områden och i relation till andra. Denna uppsats bryter ut tre delområden som alla bidrar till inlevelse i spel för att utforska, testa och utvärdera. De valda delområdena används för att skapa en artefakt i form av ett spel där delområdena är implementerade och kan testas. De resultat som presenteras i detta arbete visar på att olika delområden inom inlevelse påverkar inlevelsen i ett spel olika mycket. Vidare visar även denna uppsats på hur vissa av dessa delområden relaterar till varandra och hur de tillsammans påverkar inlevelsen i ett spel som helhet.Immersion can be considered as an essential part in digital games and developers are constantly challenged when trying to create immersive game experiences to an ever growing demand. However, as previous work suggests, immersion is not an easy concept to grasp and the area must be divided into smaller sub-areas. The sub-areas can then be investigated both individually and in relation to one another. This thesis breaks out three sub-areas (immersive features), that contribute to the overall feeling of immersion, to explore and test. The immersive features are used to create an artifact in the form of a game where all features can be tested. The data presented in this thesis shows that the three features have different amounts of impact on immersion. Furthermore, this thesis shows how the selected features relate to each other and how they together affect the overall game.
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Coleman, Donnie Steve. "Technological Immersion Learning: A Grounded Theory." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/75155.
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The Technological Immersion Learning Theory (TILT) was developed through a classic grounded theory study in the seminal tradition of Glaser and Strauss (1967) and Glaser (1978, 1992, 1998, 2001, 2007). The purpose of the study was to investigate an exemplary case of self-determined technology enthusiasts in the hopes of generating a substantive grounded theory that conceptualizes their experiences and concerns. Twelve unstructured interviews of amateur radio enthusiasts from the eastern United States provided the initial / primary data for this study. Experimenting and self-teaching in technological activities was highlighted as the main concern of the participants. The basic social process (BSP) of technological immersion learning (TIL) emerged as a theoretical construct and core variable that illuminates the experiences of individuals immersed in a community of practice, where hands-on engagement with technology is a primary activity. Adventuring, Affirmation, Doing Technology, Experimenting, Overcoming Challenge, Self-teaching, and Social Networking were properties of technological immersion learning that interact dialectically in an amplifying causal loop, with Problem solving and Designing as active sub processes in response to unmet challenges. TIL occurs cyclically in three stages, beginning with Induction, a credentialing stage wherein the neophyte is prepared with the necessary knowledge and skill to become a novice participant in an activity. The transition from Induction into the Immersion phase is a status passage whereby the novice is absorbed into the technical culture of the group and commences autonomous active participation in hands-on experimenting. Hands-on experiences with experimenting, problem solving and social interactions provide diverse learning and affirmation for the doer and multiple sources of feedback that promote sustained engagement. The transition into the Maturation phase proceeds gradually over time, with prolonged engagement and cumulative gains in knowledge, skill, and experience. Maturation is a quasi-stable state that remains responsive to new contexts as a random-walk process, wherein trigger events can initiate new cycles of technological immersion learning in a perpetually evolving process of personal development. Engagement, Empowerment, and Self-Actualization are underlying dimensions of the TIL basic social process that provide the impetus for continued persistence and personal development.Ph. D.
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Liang, Liu. "Test Immersion in DomeTheater using Tracking device." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Medie- och Informationsteknik, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-69280.
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Head tracking is an important way to interact with virtual objects in virtual world. The viewercan move or rotate his head to observe the 3D scene in dierent view. Normally head tracking isused in a cave or just on a at screen.Dome theater has a half sphere screen with multiple projectors together for showing the wholescene onto the big screen. The dome screen could give the viewer a very strong immersion feelingwhen head tracking inside dome theater and that is why we want to implement head tracking indome theater. The half sphere dome screen is so big that multiple projectors should be used forshooting the whole scene onto the big screen. Hence a cluster system is used for manipulating allthe projectors working smoothly. The display system of dome theater has no place for the headtracking part.This thesis tries to introduce a method to do head tracking in dome theater. The mainproblem is how to add head tracking in the display system in dome theater. Frame buer object(FBO) is used as the solution for this problem. The viewer's viewing frustum is created in framebuer object in order to render the 3D scene depending on the viewer's head position. The FBOtexture will then be attached onto a 3D sphere which simulates the dome sphere in virtual world.Since the viewing frustum is always created depending on the viewer's head position, the FBOtextures on the 3D sphere always can represent the 3D scene rendered depending on the viewer'shead position. Using the projectors to shoot the 3D scenes which is the 3D sphere attached by theFBO textures onto the dome screen. That is the main part of how to implement head tracking indome theater.This thesis forcus on rendering the 3D scene onto the dome screen depending on the viewer'shead position. The tracking device controlling part is out of this thesis's scope. VR Juggler (VRJ) is used as the framework in this project. Viewer's position setting and cluster setting are allsetted in the conguration file.
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Pereswetoff-Morath, Alexander. "THE OCULUS RIFT’S EFFECTS ON IMMERSION SURROUNDINGMORAL CHOICE : A study of modern VR technology and itseffects on a user’s spatial immersion in avirtual environment." Thesis, Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för informationsteknologi, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-10013.
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This report is about VR and the effects the VR technology Oculus Rift may or may not have on the different kinds of immersion possible in virtual environments, or games. The report is based on the premise that modern games have evolved into more story based adventures with better graphics, often with moral choice as gameplay, and theories regarding new mediums and the dangers of not fully understanding them. It is also done in cooperation with a research team at Högskolan i Skövde, with a focus on moral dilemmas, and is using a virtual environment to test this combined effort. The game engine Unity is used to create a realistic environment and together with the Oculus Rift, is testing what kinds of effects the VR technology has on the users. 20 test participants have shared their experiences and the majority, independent of gaming experience, claims it has a positive effect.
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Gustafsson, Axel. "Supporting Immersion of Board Games utilising Phone-based Augmented Reality." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-21918.
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This thesis investigates a possibility of using phone-based Augmented Reality in a board game-setting in order to support immersion for experienced board game players. Using a user-centered design approach with workshops, interviews and play sessions to understand the qualities and applicability of phone-based Augmented Reality in combination with a board game, the research contributes with an advisory conclusion for future designers developing a board game including phone-based Augmented Reality components.
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Lu, Dongsheng. "Virtual Reality sickness during immersion: An investigation ofpotential obstacles towards general accessibility of VR technology." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för informatik och media, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-327184.
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People call the year of 2016 as the year of virtual reality. As the world leading tech giants are releasing their own Virtual Reality (VR) products, the technology of VR has been more available than ever for the mass market now. However, the fact that the technology becomes cheaper and by that reaches a mass-market, does not in itself imply that long-standing usability issues with VR have been addressed. Problems regarding motion sickness (MS) and motion control (MC) has been two of the most important obstacles for VR technology in the past. The main research question of this study is: “Are there persistent universal access issues with VR related to motion control and motion sickness?” In this study a mixed method approach has been utilized for finding more answers related to these two important aspects. A literature review in the area of VR, MS and MC was followed by a quantitative controlled study and a qualitative evaluation. 32 participants were carefully selected for this study, they were divided into different groups and the quantitative data collected from them were processed and analyzed by using statistical test. An interview was also carried out with all of the participants of this study in order to gather more details about the usability of the motion controllers used in this study. The results of this study has validated several existing frameworks for VR. And in conclusion, this study has also shown that both previous motion sickness experiences and gender factors weren’t significant in terms of general accessibility issues on PCVR platforms. There are hints showing that the VR technology on PC platform could be universal accessible, since both of the quantitative and qualitative results has provided some evidences supporting this finding. However, more similar studies need to be carried out in order to identify more possible factors that would give an impact on user experiences in VR. The results of this study has also given implications of that today’s VR technology is developing on the right track and it could slowly become adopted by the mainstream and mass-market in the future.
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Karlsson, Fredrik, and Marcus Lundberg. "Designriktlinjer för handinteraktion för att stödja immersion i VR : En studie om att skapa riktlinjer för design av handinteraktion för VR för att stödja immersion." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för informationsteknologi, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-35373.
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Virtuell verklighet (VR) har börjat användas i större utsträckning av människor inomområden som utbildning och underhållning. För att VR ska uppfattas som en seriösplattform för att skapa utbildnings- och underhållningstjänster, är en känsla avimmersion en viktig del av användarupplevelsen. Det finns idag olika metoder för attinteragera med VR men de saknar upplevelsen av att vara naturliga och realistiska.Handinteraktion anses vara ett naturligt sätt för människor att interagera med VR och harförutsättningar för att stödja immersion. Trots att handinteraktion anses vara ett bra sättatt interagera med VR finns det idag inga riktlinjer som underlättar för att designa tjänstermed handinteraktion. För att undersöka hur handinteraktion kan designas för att stödjaimmersion i VR, har vi utgått från frågan:Hur kan handinteraktion designas för virtuell verklighet för att stödja immersion?Genom vår studie har vi identifierat aspekter som är viktiga för att handinteraktion skastödja immersion. Frågan studeras genom en designorienterad ansats med kvalitativadatainsamlingsmetoder som deltagartester, intervjuer och observationer. Testdeltagarnasom deltagit i studien är rekryterade baserat på deras tidigare erfarenheter av VR ochspel. Studien bidrar med kunskap om vad som är viktigt för att handinteraktion skauppfattas som naturligt och realistiskt för att stödja immersion när det används i VR.Virtual reality (VR) is becoming more commonly used by people in areas like educationand entertainment. However, for VR to be a serious platform for creating education andentertainment services, the sense of immersion is an important part of the userexperience. Today there are several methods to interact with VR, but they often lack thefeeling of being natural and realistic. Hand interaction is seen as a natural way for peopleto interact with VR and has potential to create immersion. However, even though handinteraction is seen to be a natural way of interacting with VR there’s no guidelinesavailable to facilitate the design of VR-services with hand interaction. To study how handinteraction can be designed to support immersion in VR, we’ve asked the question:“How can hand interaction be designed for virtual reality to support immersion?”Through our study, we have identified aspects that are important for hand interaction tobe able to support immersion. The question has been studied through a design orientedapproach with qualitative data gathering methods such as participant test, interviews andobservations. The test participants were recruited based on their previous experience ofVR and games. The study contributes with knowledge regarding what is important for
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Ketterer, Kimberley Anne. "Second language immersion, integrated curriculum, constructivism, and information technology : a case study of the blending of frames through the lens of information technology /." view abstract or download file of text, 2000. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/uoregon/fullcit?p9998039.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2000.Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 252-258). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.
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Kang, Hoyoung. "New approaches in optical lithography technology for subwavelength resolution /." Link to online version, 2005. https://ritdml.rit.edu/dspace/handle/1850/1119.
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Rundquist, Björn, and Johan Joensen. "Medierade Verkligheter : Verklighetsuppfattningen i Virtual Reality." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för teknik och estetik, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-12649.
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Centralt inom Virtual Reality är upplevelsen att det digitala uppfattas som verkligt. Men varför känns just den här upplevelsen verklig? Genom att undersöka flera olika perspektiv på Virtual Reality, verklighet och nedbrytningar av begrepp inom tidigare Virtual Reality-forskning sökte vi att se hur denna verklighetskänsla uppstod, och kunde användas, inom Virtual Reality-spel. Genom ett gestaltningsarbete som fokuserade på olika typer av scener och kontrollsystem strävade vi mot att föra en diskussion om de olika teoriernas praktiska applikation.Central to Virtual Reality is the experience of the digital as the real. But from where does this experience stem? By investigating several different perspectives on Virtual Reality, reality and deconstructions of concepts in previous Virtual Reality-science we’ve looked into the creation of this sensation of reality in Virtual Reality-games. Through a practical project, focusing on different types of scenes and control schemes, we then sought to create a discussion focusing on the practical application of the differing theories.
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Maran, Jacob, and Johan Wennberg. "Det undermedvetna spelet : Beteende och rörelsemönster i spelande." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för teknik och estetik, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-16481.
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Syftet vi hade med detta arbete har varit att introducera personer till element och scenarios där vi med hjälp av olika medel analyserat de rörelsebaserade val aktörerna gör. Sedan applicerades analysmaterial för att hitta mönster i hur folk reagerar, då kroppsligt för att mäta hur deras undermedvetna reagerar även om spelaren inte uppfattar det som så. För att genomföra detta har vi använt primärt tre saker: Agens, Virtual Reality (VR) och Galvanic Skin Response, detta är en metod för att avläsa i vilket emotionellt läge kroppen befinner sig via elektriska impulser. Designprocessen arbetades fram genom iterationer av hur de olika upplevelserna skulle komma till sitt slutstadie där diskussioner om vad som krävs för att få kontrast nog för att kunna få resultat. Detta ledde då till ett resultat som talar för att VR-mediet ökar inlevelse samt att folks kroppar reagerar i ett mönster under ytan även om inte det ytliga gör det. Detta avslutas med diskussion angående vad som behövts och varit bra att tänka på i förväg eller åtminstone haft i åtanke såsom bristande kunskaper i områden som psykologi och dataanalys samt hur man introducerar val på ett sätt som inte är svart på vitt.The purpose of this assignment has been to introduce people to elements and scenarios in which we analyzed the choices through movement based options the player has been given. We then applied the data we got to see if we could see any patterns in how they reacted to the different stimuli and how their bodies react both consciously and subconsciously. To make this possible we primarily used three methods: Agential realism, Virtual Reality (VR) and Galvanic Skin Response, which is a method to read the emotional state of the wearer through electrical impulses. The design process got worked through iterations mostly about which scenarios got used towards the last iteration as to not get scenarios which resembles each other in a way they get redundant or give the same result/outcome. With the tools at hand the result pointed towards that people who, atleast in our testing areas that even if the open emotions or thoughts about the events happening is perceived differently that the body often responded in the same way subconsciously. We ended it with discussions about what would have been good to know beforehand and about areas which we lacked the proper knowledge as psychology and how to properly introduce choices in a way that isn’t only black and white.
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Ice, Laura R. "The Longitudinal Impact of Technology Immersion Through a One-to-One Mobile Technology Program on Reading and Math Performance in a Rural Title I Public School District." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2015. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc804959/.
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In conjunction with the Texas Technology Immersion Pilot program (TIP), the State of Texas implemented a four-year annual evaluation called the Evaluation of the Texas Technology Immersion Pilot (eTxTiP). It focused on the technology immersion experience through one-to-one mobile technology of sixth grade students in 22 selected middle schools. Initial findings suggested academic growth, especially in math, increased rigor of student work, greater teacher collaboration, a more positive school environment, and transformation of instructional practices. This study focused on one of the original schools selected to participate in the TIP program, exploring the impact over time of one-to-one mobile technology on one group of students over an 8-year period beginning with their third grade year. The selected school’s demographic makeup reflected a large number of schools within the state, including its size, rural location and economically disadvantaged student population. Based on an interrupted time series design, state assessment data was analyzed using a piecewise growth model. The study revealed no statistically significant academic growth in reading and math performance among the participants.
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Axelsson, Kim, and Kasper Batalje. "Utforskning i spel och immersionens djup : En empirisk studie om upplevelsen av immersion i ett utforskningbaserat spel." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för naturvetenskap, miljö och teknik, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-29498.
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Den här studien är en empirisk studie genomförd via en enkät online där deltagarnahar fått svara på frågor som rör utforskning och inlevelse i spelet Starbound.Deltagarna fick svara fritt i löpande text hur de upplever att dessa aspekter påverkarderas förmåga för immersion. Dessa svar har vi sen analyserat med tematisk analysför att ta fram teman och kategorier som ger underlag för vår forskning. Vi fann att deredan etablerade kategorierna för immersion kunde utökas då svaren vi fick tydligtindikerade på att utforskning är av stor vikt för spelarnas förmåga att uppnåimmersion i spelet. Utöver utforskningsbaserad immersion fann vi också att tillgångtill flerspelarläge var en återkommande viktig aspekt för spelarnas immersion.This study is an empirical study that was conducted via an online survey where theparticipants have answered questions regarding exploration and immersion in thegame Starbound. The participants answered the questions in their own words abouthow these aspects affected their ability to immerse themselves in the game. Theseanswers were then analyzed using thematic analysis in order for us to establish themesand categories that we used as a foundation for our research. We found that thealready established categories for immersion could be complemented by our findings;the answers from the participants indicated that exploration is of great importance forthe players ability to achieve immersion in the game. In addition to explorativeimmersion, we also found that immersion via multiplayer was a recurring importantaspect for the participants.
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Adame, Andre. "Fully Immersed, Fully Present: Examining the User Experience Through the Multimodal Presence Scale and Virtual Reality Gaming Variables." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/918.
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Over the past few years, video games have served as a catalyst for virtual reality (VR) technology to become more accessible to the average consumer, resulting in an increased interest in VR’s potential applications across several disciplines. To best capitalize on these applications, however, researchers require a thorough understanding of the user’s experience in virtual environments. And while many studies on VR experiences tend to focus on presence, video games offer another angle of approach: immersion. This study uses both qualitative and quantitative methods to examine the relationships between the VR experience of presence and the gaming experience of immersion. First, a focus group of individuals with VR gaming experience explored variables impacting presence. Then a survey questionnaire consisting of items from the multimodal presence scale (MPS), Jennett et al.’s (2008) immersion questionnaire, and the focus group was distributed online. Finally, the collected data was analyzed using factor analysis and linear regression to explore the relationships between presence and immersion. Results of the analysis identified involvement to be an important factor impacting a user’s perceived presence in a VR gaming experience.
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Carlsson, Johan Mastorakis. "Musik som förmedlare av ett narrativ : Hur effektivt kan ett narrativ förmedlas genom musik?" Thesis, Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för informationsteknologi, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-20516.
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I detta arbete undersöks hur musik påverkar lyssnarens upplevelse av en berättelse i ljudform. Det som undersöks i arbetet är till vilken grad musik baserat på filmmusik-klichéer och motiv från spelkan användas för att förmedla ett författat narrativ samt hur stor påverkan komplimenterande ljudeffekter har i förmågan att förmedla narrativet. En kvalitativ undersökning har genomförts på två grupper där den ena har fått höra en komposition med skräcktema med endast musik och den andra har fått höra samma komposition med pålagda ljudeffekter. Musiken bygger på motiv baserade på relationer mellan bild och ljud. Deltagarna har medan de lyssnat på denna komposition fått tänka sig in i rollen som berättelsens protagonist och sedan gett sin tolkning av vilken slags handling som utspelas. Målet för undersökningen har varit att tydligt koppla samman musiken och det som den representerar i visuell form med hjälp av associationer till välkända verk, som filmerna Jaws och Psycho, för att visa lyssnaren vad som händer i narrativet. Undersökningen visade att deltagarna som lyssnade på kompositionen med enbart musik kände de känslor som författarens narrativ skulle förmedla men platsen och handlingen för narrativet varierade mycket i denna grupp. Endast en deltagare upplevde den miljö som narrativet skulle förmedla, exempelvis. Gruppen som lyssnade på kompositionen med ljudeffekter kunde dock med betydligt större pricksäkerhet höra vilken slags miljö och handling som var avsedd av författaren.Det finns övrigt digitalt material (t.ex. film-, bild- eller ljudfiler) eller modeller/artefakter tillhörande examensarbetet som ska skickas till arkivet.
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Mohammed, Awaizulla Shareef. "Investigation of Immersion Cooled ARM-Based Computer Clusters for Low-Cost, High-Performance Computing." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2017. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1011866/.
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This study aimed to investigate performance of ARM-based computer clusters using two-phase immersion cooling approach, and demonstrate its potential benefits over the air-based natural and forced convection approaches. ARM-based clusters were created using Raspberry Pi model 2 and 3, a commodity-level, single-board computer. Immersion cooling mode utilized two types of dielectric liquids, HFE-7000 and HFE-7100. Experiments involved running benchmarking tests Sysbench high performance linpack (HPL), and the combination of both in order to quantify the key parameters of device junction temperature, frequency, execution time, computing performance, and energy consumption. Results indicated that the device core temperature has direct effects on the computing performance and energy consumption. In the reference, natural convection cooling mode, as the temperature raised, the cluster started to decease its operating frequency to save the internal cores from damage. This resulted in decline of computing performance and increase of execution time, further leading to increase of energy consumption. In more extreme cases, performance of the cluster dropped by 4X, while the energy consumption increased by 220%. This study therefore demonstrated that two-phase immersion cooling method with its near-isothermal, high heat transfer capability would enable fast, energy efficient, and reliable operation, particularly benefiting high performance computing applications where conventional air-based cooling methods would fail.
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Dunnington, Renee M. "The Nature and Determinants of Presence Among Nursing Students Participating in High Fidelity Human Patient Simulation." The Ohio State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1329957926.
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Hellqvist, Max, and Herman Härjeström. "Measuring the Impact of Heads-Up Display on Player Experience in FPS Games." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Medieteknik, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-32533.
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In this study, we investigate the effect of Heads-Up Display on player experience and performance when playing the first person shooter games Battlefield 1 and Battlefield 4. Participants played a mission twice, once with Heads-Up Display and once without. After each session, the participant answered a PENS questionnaire. The amount of enemies killed and the amount of times the player character died during the session was recorded. No significant differences were found other than that the participants who answered that they only played first person shooter games a few times every month killed more enemies with the Heads-Up Display active, and that the overall amount of kills was generally lower when the Heads-Up Display was active.Denna studie undersökte effekten av Heads-Up Display på spelupplevelsen samt spelarens prestationer i förstapersonsskjutspelen Battlefield 1 och Battlefield 4. Deltagarna spelade ett uppdrag två gånger, en gång med Heads-Up Display och en gång utan. Efter varje spelomgång svarade deltagarna på ett PENS-frågeformulär. Antalet eliminerade fiender samt antalet gånger spelkaraktären dog noterades. Inga tydliga skillnader framkom mer än att deltagarna som svarat att de spelade förstapersonskjutspel några gånger i månaden lyckades eliminera fler fiender när Heads-Up Display var aktiverat, samt att antalet eliminerade fiender var allmänt lägre när Heads-Up Display var aktiverat.
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Nils, Ekenbäck, and Ben Forsrup. "Bildstorlekens betydelse för upplevelsen vid användning av bildskärmar med höga uppdateringsfrekvenser." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-231165.
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Given the rise of the high refresh rate monitors in the world of PC gaming, the need for research has steadily increased. With the forthcoming influx of high refresh rate mobile monitors, the question whether the angle of view had a significance impact on the viewers perception of the refresh rate becomes increasingly important. Together with former research on user experience, monitor refresh rates and immersion based on frame rates of video games an issue for the study was framed; “The effects of screen size on user experience with high refresh rate monitors”. A method was formed firstly consisting of a pilot study, where the participants experience of video games was mapped. Secondly a main investigation was established, where the refresh rate was varied, and the variation of screen sizes was simulated by changing the distance to the screen. The data showed, with the help of statistical studies, that there was no connection between the user experience of video games and evaluation of user experience when using high refresh rates monitors. Data from the main investigation indicated that screen size does have an impact on user experience when using high refresh rate monitors. The shape of the method could have been improved considering that the video game played impacted the participants concentration regarding their assignment to assess the monitor and not the game. Furthermore, the study expresses the need for further research in the area, where the future investigations can show the perfect ratio between screen size and refresh rate on monitors. Additionally, researchers could show that refresh rate can vary depending on the material displayed on the monitor.Ökningen av skärmar med högre uppdateringsfrekvenser i PC-spelets värld har bidragit till att behovet av forskning inom området har ökat. Med en ökad tillgång av mobila bildskärmar med hög uppdateringsfrekvens blir frågan om huruvida höga uppdateringsfrekvenser påverkar användarens upplevelse allt viktigare. Tillsammans med tidigare forskning om användarupplevelse, skärmens uppdateringsfrekvens och immersion skapades en ram för studien; "Effekterna av bildstorlek på användarupplevelse vid hög uppdateringsfrekvens". En metod utformades bestående av en förstudie, där försökspersonernas erfarenhet av videospel kartlades, för att följas upp med en djupare kvalitativ studie där uppdateringsfrekvensen varierades och variationen av skärmstorlekar simulerades genom att ändra avståndet till skärmen. Med hjälp av statistiska analyser visade datan att det inte fanns någon koppling mellan erfarenhet av spel och användarupplevelsen vid utvärderingen av hög uppdateringsfrekvens. Data från den kvalitativa studien visade att skärmstorleken har en påverkan på användarupplevelsen vid användandet av skärmar med högre uppdateringsfrekvenser. Metodens utformning skulle kunna ha förbättrats då försökspersonernas koncentration stördes av spelets inlärningskurva, vilket påverkade deras förmåga att bedöma bildskärmen. Studien visar dessutom på behovet av ytterligare forskning inom området, där framtida studier kan visa på ett mer idealt förhållande mellan skärmstorlek och uppdateringsfrekvens på bildskärmar. Dessutom kan forskare visa att uppdateringsfrekvensen kan variera beroende på materialet som visas på bildskärmen.
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Löfving, Alfred, and Therese Andersson. "Ptchoo! Ptchoo! : En studie om hur avsaknaden av ljud påverkar spelförmåga." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för naturvetenskap, miljö och teknik, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-29512.
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Denna studie undersöker hur avsaknaden av ljud i digitala spel påverkar spelarens upplevelser av spelet, påverkan på spelförmåga och allmänna skillnader mellan att spela ett spel med och utan ljud. Undersökningen utfördes i form av två spelsessioner med och utan spelets ljud, följt av semistrukturerade intervjuer. Åtta respondenter fick uppleva spelet Mario Kart 8 och dela med sig av sina tankar kring avsaknaden av ljud samt hur ljudet påverkat deras spelupplevelse. Studien kom fram till att avsaknaden av ljud i Mario Kart 8 påverkade spelaren på ett flertal sätt, såsom att spelet upplevdes som mindre underhållande och svårare att interagera med.
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Jutterström, Ellinor, and Alexander Johansson. "Meeting Monsters - How Interactivity Affects the User Experience in Digital Motion Picture Horror Stories." Thesis, KTH, Medieteknik och interaktionsdesign, MID, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-188631.
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As media over the last decade has become increasingly interactive, the user’s role as the previously passive observer has shifted to an active role playing its own part of the experience. The same development can be seen in storytelling, where traditional narrative techniques are often combined with modern technology in order to create a new level of immersion, aiming to provide the user with the feeling of “being there”. The aim of this study is to practically investigate interactive storytelling and see how different levels of interactivity affects the general user experience within the horror genre, and if there is a connection between interactivity and the feeling of immersion. In doing so, we hope to investigate how the use of interactivity can be further developed in order to increase the immersive storytelling experience. The study was conducted by having a number of test subjects view five horror stories produced like short horror films mixed with different interactive techniques and answer questions about their experience. Additionally, the participants’ heart rates were monitored during each session. The study revealed that the higher the level of interactivity, the less immersed the user felt, which contradicted the hypothesis that increased levels of interactivity would increase the feeling of immersion. Meanwhile, interactive elements were generally more enjoyed. From the results it could eventually be concluded that it is not the interactivity per se that has the potential to increase the immersive experience, but the ability to let the user interact without any perceived restrictions. In other words, for interactivity to not inhibit the feeling of immersion, it must befit the story and have natural implementations of the controls in order to not steal attention from the content.Samtidigt som media under det senaste decenniet har blivit alltmer interaktivt så har användarens tidigare roll som passiv åskådare skiftat till att istället vara en aktiv del av upplevelsen. Samma utveckling kan ses i historieberättandet, där traditionella, narrativa tekniker ofta kombineras med modern teknologi för att skapa en ny nivå av inlevelse med målet att förse användaren med känslan av att ”vara där”. Målet med denna studie är att praktiskt utreda interaktivt berättande och se hur olika nivåer av interaktivitet påverkar användarens generella upplevelse inom skräck-genren, samt om det finns ett samband mellan interaktivitet och inlevelse. På så vis hoppas vi på att utreda hur användandet av interaktivitet kan fortsätta att utvecklas för att förstärka känslan av inlevelse i historieberättandet. Studien genomfördes genom att låta ett antal försökspersoner se fem korta skräckfilmer med olika interaktiva tekniker, för att sedan svara på frågor om upplevelsen. Deltagarnas hjärtfrekvens mättes även under varje delmoment. Studien pekade på att ju högre nivå av interaktivitet, desto mindre kände användaren inlevelse, vilket gick emot hypotesen att högre nivåer av interaktivitet skulle öka inlevelsen. Samtidigt visade det sig att de interaktiva inslagen generellt uppskattades mer av användarna. Från resultatet kunde så småningom slutledas att det inte är interaktiviteten i sig som har potentialen att förstärka inlevelsen, utan förmågan att låta användaren interagera utan några upplevda begränsningar. För att interaktiviteten inte ska hämma känslan av inlevelse måste denna med andra ord passa berättelsen och använda sig av kontroller med naturlig känsla för att inte stjäla uppmärksamheten från innehållet.
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Larsson, Christian. "Adaptiv spelmusik : En studie om musikens funktion och kompositörens roll i datorspel." Thesis, Högskolan Dalarna, Ljud- och musikproduktion, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-24542.
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I denna undersökning studerar jag hur adaptiv musik påverkar spelarens immersion i ett datorspel, samt undersöker hur ens roll och arbetsprocess påverkas som kompositör vid adaptiv musikkomponering. Genom att ha varit med och skrivit musik till ett datorspel som gjorts från grunden har jag getts unika inblickar i den processen. En fokusgruppundersökning i form av ett speltest på detta spel har även det gett feedback som eventuellt inte hade kunnat fås av ett spel som redan finns tillgängligt på marknaden. Det har framkommit att adaptiv musik fyller en viktig roll, medvetet och omedvetet, hos spelaren. Samtliga deltagare i fokusgruppundersökningen hade gemensamma drag och åsikter. Som kompositör ställs man även inför utmaningar som man annars inte stöter på under komponering under mer konventionella omständigheter som t.ex. till film.
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Casiraghi, Maurício Pezzi. "Insônia : a tecnologia audiovisual como catalisador para a imersão no teatro." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/178613.
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Esta dissertação caracteriza-se como memorial reflexivo de uma pesquisa empírica, que se enquadra no campo de estudos dos processos de criação cênica. A pesquisa se articula em torno da questão da imersão na cena contemporânea, aqui despertada pelo contato com obras que têm como denominador comum a relação intrínseca da cena e da tecnologia e, ao mesmo tempo, investem na experiência de inundamento sensorial de seus espectadores. A partir dessa perspectiva, investigo procedimentos que possam promover essa experiência teatral imersiva. Para isso, desenvolvo uma pesquisa em dois módulos. O primeiro, um estudo bibliográfico, que visa reconhecer tensões conceituais sobre a perspectiva da imersão. Neste reconheço os princípios de provocação do efeito imersão para serem aplicados no segundo módulo da pesquisa. O segundo módulo dedico à investigação empírica por meio do agenciamento de um experimento cênico conduzido pelos disparadores de imersão discriminados nos desdobramentos teóricos. Esses desvendados por articulação de dispositivos tecnológicos com elementos da linguagem teatral: tempo, espaço, presença, dimensão real e ficcional e manipulação dos sentidos. A partir dessa premissa, desenvolvi o experimento cênico “Insônia”. Disseco o processo de criação e, por consequência, problematizo as descobertas e soluções cênicas encontradas no caminho.This dissertation distinguishes as a memorial of an empirical research, that belongs to the research field of theatrical creation processes. This research revolve around the notion of immersion in the contemporary scene. In this work is considered by recent contact with theater plays that makes uses of technology and bets in the experience of sensory flooding the spectators. From this perspective, i develop a research about the procedures that might produce this immersive theatrical experience. For achieving that I divide this work in two modules. The first module, a bibliographical study, that wishes to recognize conceptual tensions about the notion of immersion. Here I recognize the principles of provoking this immersion effect for then applying in the second module of the research. In the second module I devote to the empirical research by the means of arranging a theatrical experiment conducted by the immersion triggers found in the conceptual studies. These were discovered by linking technological devices and elements of theatre language: time, space, presence, real and fictional dimensions and sense manipulation. Having this as premise, I developed the theatrical experiment called “Insônia”. I analyze the creative processes and problematize the discoveries and scenic solutions found along the way.
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Bustos, Christian. "Implementing implicit interaction in interactive film." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för naturvetenskap, miljö och teknik, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-30481.
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In this paper, an user study will be taken on in order to explore how different types of interaction affect the levels of immersion and experience within interactive film. The two different types of interaction that will be compared in this study are implicit interaction, and explicit interaction. The format of interactive film has not experienced too many changes the last years, and the user could experience a loss of immersion when using the format as it is shaped today. Usually, interactive films interrupt the flow of the narrative in order to give the user the time to make a choice. This makes the immersion get lost, and in some way, even part of the experience. In this paper, implicit interaction will be implemented within interactive film, and it will be tested by several participants from different disciplines. One hypothesis is that the users are more immersed in the narrative when trying out implicit interaction in an interactive film. The results of this paper could be useful for the community of computer entertainment, but also for the field of interaction design since this paper could reveal how users experience implicit interaction and how designers should approach to this type of interaction.
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Gkouskos, Antonis. "A Comparison of Interface Approaches for Immersive Pervasive Games." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för teknik och samhälle (TS), 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-20571.
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The aim of this thesis is to compare two different interface approaches for pervasive gameswith a focus on immersion. We designed and created two small pervasive games and implemented bothon two different platforms; smartphone and wearable device. We created four pervasive gameprototypes which we tested with a group of fourteen testers. We subsequently conducted interviewsusing the Repertory Grid Technique. The findings suggest that our testers appreciated wearable devicesmore than smartphones in the context of immersion, while they identified characteristics theyassociated with each platform; Smartphones were considered familiar, inconspicuous, casual but notvery exciting. Wearables were considered a new experience and fun but also strange and attention-drawing.
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Junior, Roberto Cabado Modia. "Experimentações artísticas no ambiente imersivo da Cave." Universidade de São Paulo, 2006. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/27/27131/tde-14082009-172103/.
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Os paradigmas da criação artística para a CAVE (CAVE Automatic Virtual Environment) ainda estão sendo elaborados pois, no âmbito da Realidade Virtual, é uma tecnologia recente e ainda bastante onerosa, fatores que dificultam sua disseminação. Ainda assim, algumas instituições possuem CAVEs para pesquisas artístico-culturais. Dentre elas, figura o centro de pesquisas Ars Electronica que, em parceria com o artista transmídia Maurice Benayoun, produziu em sua CAVE, cuja visitação é aberta ao público, a premiada obra World Skin. Com o intuito de situar o atual estado da arte das experimentações artísticas em CAVEs, esta obra mereceu análise detalhada de seus processos criativos e metodológicos. Nela, o autor investiga as reações cognitivas dos visitantes e propõe uma nova relação espaçocorporal dentro de um mundo virtual. A potencialidade artística da CAVE é grande e existe interesse dos artistas em explorá-la. As novas pesquisas e avanços tecnológicos apontam perspectivas de um maior acesso a este tipo de ambiente imersivo, consolidando-o como um prolífero suporte artístico.The paradigms behind artistic creation for CAVE (CAVE Automatic Virtual Environment) are yet to be elaborate, since in the realm of Virtual Reality, this is a recent and expensive technology, which poses barriers to its own spreading. Even so, some institutions do have CAVEs for culture and artistic research. Among them, there\'s the research center Ars Electronica, which, in partnership with transmedia artist Maurice Benayoun, has produced in its CAVE (which is open for public visits), the award-winning work World Skin. With the objective of placing experimental artistic manifestations in CAVEs, this work has been deeply analyzed, concerning its creative processes and methods. The author evaluates the cognitive reactions of the visitors and proposes a new corporal-space relationship in a virtual world. The artistic potential behind a CAVE seems to be huge, and artists are willing to explore it. According to new researches and recent developed technologies, there will be a broader access to this kind of immersive environment, which might become a highly productive platform for artists.
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Ruiz, Aleksandr. "Mixed Reality Book." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-21540.
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This report covers the methodology, research, and design process of my Thesis Project I: The Mixed Reality Book. The project is a proof-of-concept system that adds contextual periphery effects to regular paper books, using Spatial Augmented Reality. The intention is to enhance reading experiences within public libraries – amongst children and students. In this brief study we investigate how Projected Periphery can create, improve, and augment reading by manipulating the physical book, and the area around it, using projections. Throughout the study, I conduct design engagements, rapid prototyping, and workshops with the intention of identifying meaningful interactions. Two primary contexts of use are identified and analysed with an emphasis on developing usable design conventions and laying the foundation for a Mixed Reality Book system. The result is a working prototype, analysis of the research and challenges, and an exploration of how this technology could be shaped further and deployed.
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Jörgensen, Tanja. "Den oemotståndliga svetsen mellan ljud och bild : En kvalitativ studie om interaktion i TV- och datorspel." Thesis, Högskolan Dalarna, Ljud- och musikproduktion, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-21242.
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Denna undersökning syftar till att studera förhållandet mellan ljud, bild och spelare i en TV- och datorspelssituation. Med hjälp av fokusgruppdiskussioner berörs frågor på det audiovisuella området, där deltagarna är aktiva spelare som har tillryggalagt ett mycket stort antal speltimmar som de bygger sina kunskaper på. Här framkommer att ljud och musik fyller viktiga funktioner för spelarens möjlighet att interagera och leva sig in i spelet och att varje spel har en unik ljud- eller musikmiljö som spelarna tycks förhålla sig till på olika sätt beroende på varför man spelar och om man spelar ensam eller tillsammans med andra, det vill säga singelplayer eller multiplayer. Informanternas kunskaper utgör styrkan i denna undersökning men det vore önskvärt att utöka studien med fler fokusgruppdiskussioner samt djupintervjuer med utvalda informanter för att fördjupa materialet. Som förslag på vidare forskning vore det intressant att studera användandet av virtuella headsets där en stereoskopisk 3D bild skapas som spårar huvudets rörelser, för att undersöka om detta kan ha en inverkan på hur vi uppfattar ljudet i ett spel.
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Nordqvist, Filip, and Erik Sahlbom. "Visual Narrative Game Design : Ett narrativ utan konversation." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-16516.
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Vi undersöker den narrativa stilen som Flower och Journey använder sig av. I denna narrativastil finns det varken dialog och text. Utifrån Flower och Journey skapade vi en designmetodsom ska finnas till som inspiration för utvecklare som vill testa denna stilen. Resultatet avundersökningen ger upphov till en designmetod som vi applicerar på vår gestaltning för atttesta den i en annan spel genre. Mycket av metoden är fokuserad på hur Flower och Journeygör då vi bara undersöker de två spelen. Vi skulle vilja göra en mer generell undersökning dåvi undersöker mer spel som också har ett narrativ utan dialog och text.We study the narrative style that Flower and Journey uses. In this narrative style, there is nodialogue and text. Based on Flower and Journey, we created a design method that will be aninspiration for developers who want to test this style. The result of this bachelor thesis givesrise to a design method that we apply to our game idea this applies the method to anothergame genre. Much of the method is very focused on what Flower and Journey do when weonly examine these two games. We would like to do a more general study when we examinemore games that also have a narrative without dialogue and text.
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Melo, Antonio Carlos de. "Estruturas narrativas da hipermídia: uso e interações contemporâneas." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2008. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/18214.
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The aim of this research is to talk about the narrative structures in different stages and historical contexts. According to the investigation line, I intend to do relations between the narratives from the XV century on, here represented by the origin of the printed culture, and the use and contemporary interactions in the hypermedia. The use and contemporary interactions are the constant technological updating and the resultant evolution of the creation processes. The narrative in the digital universe, the influential innovations and the potential in immersive, participative, encyclopedic and space environments lead us to a reflection of the imaginary, to the pleasures that this cyberliterature will bring to the narrative art and the promise of a new way of expression, like the printed books and the cinema, finally the future of the narrative in the digital environment. The hybrid of languages and ways, before the new technologies of intelligence change the format of the narratives structures in the support of the hypermedia inside the context of cyberspace
O objetivo desta pesquisa discorre sobre as estruturas narrativas em diferentes etapas e contextos históricos. Seguindo a linha de investigação pretendo fazer relações entre a narrativa a partir do século XV, aqui representada pelo nascimento da cultura impressa e o uso e interações contemporâneas na hipermídia. O uso e as interações contemporâneas são as constantes atualizações tecnológicas e a conseqüente evolução dos processos de criação. A narrativa no universo digital, as influentes inovações, e o potencial em ambientes imersivos, participativos, enciclopédicos e espaciais nos levam a reflexão do imaginário, aos prazeres que essa ciberliteratura acarretará à arte narrativa e a promessa de um novo meio de expressão, como os livros impressos e o cinema, enfim o futuro da narrativa no meio digital. O híbrido das linguagens e meios, face às novas tecnologias da inteligência altera o formato das estruturas narrativas no suporte da hipermídia dentro do contexto do ciberespaço
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Meneguette, Lucas Correia. "Realidade virtual e experiência do espaço: imersão, fenomenologia, tecnologia." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2010. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/18261.
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This dissertation aims at researching concepts that emerged from virtual reality studies, through a non-dualistic approach. It starts with a survey about the main technical concepts of virtual reality immersion, presence, and engagement as considered by authors such as Heim, Biocca, Heeter, Grau, Lombard & Ditton. Meanwhile, it is outlined an argument which states that these concepts have emerged from design desires and goals. Afterwards, in order to seek an alternative to the dualism that underlies objectivist approaches of virtual reality, chapters two and three engage to the phenomenological understanding of the lived experience of the space. Therefore, it focuses on studying both Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology of perception and Bachelard's phenomenology of poetic imagination. By clashing this philosophy and those concepts previously considered, two issues have been considered: the body as being-in-the-world and the reverie as poetic activity of inhabiting. These two themes suggest the need to re-articulate the understanding of virtual reality-promoted definitions and applications. On chapter four, in addition to the phenomenological approach, it is discussed the issue of the imagination and participation in game's virtual environment, through the concepts of technical image and imagination from Flusser. Finally, it is suggested a possible way to understand immersion through the phenomenological concept of situation
Esta dissertação tem como meta principal de pesquisa o exame de conceitos da realidade virtual a partir de uma abordagem não-dualista. Começa por fazer um levantamento dos principais conceitos técnicos abrangidos por esse corpo de conhecimentos imersão, presença e engajamento através de autores como Heim, Biocca, Heeter, Grau, Lombard & Ditton. Esboça, enquanto isso, o argumento de que tais conceitos surgem como desejos e metas de design. Em seguida, a fim de buscar uma alternativa ao dualismo intrínseco às abordagens objetivistas da realidade virtual, os capítulos dois e três aplicam-se na compreensão fenomenológica da vivência do espaço. Para tanto, foca-se na leitura, primeiro, da fenomenologia da percepção de Merleau- Ponty e, depois, da fenomenologia da imaginação poética de Bachelard. No embate dessa filosofia com os conceitos anteriormente considerados, surgem os temas do corpo como ser-nomundo e do devaneio como atividade poética do habitar. Estes dois temas sugerem a rearticulação da compreensão das definições e aplicações práticas promovidas pela realidade virtual. No capítulo quatro, como complemento à abordagem fenomenológica, é discutido o problema da imaginação e da participação no ambiente virtual do jogo a partir dos conceitos de imagem e imaginação técnicas de Flusser. Finalmente, é sugerido um possível modo de se compreender a imersão a partir da concepção fenomenológica da situação
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Hansson, Oskar. "Can an Optimized MidSide Technique Improve Perceived Envelopment in Game Audio." Thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Institutionen för konst, kommunikation och lärande, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-69063.
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Mid/side processing techniques are commonly used in the music recording industry to widen the stereo image to create a more enveloping listening experience. Since the gaming industry is now in need of better audio solutions to stay on par with the recent visual advances intechnology; these mid/side techniques could potentially be a useful tool for sound designers to use. In this study, an experiment was conducted where 16 participants were asked to play 4 scenarios with different audio settings meant to enhance envelopment in different ways. After each scenario the participants were asked to rate their preference and perceived envelopment followed by a short survey after all 4 scenarios were completed. The quantitative data showed very little evidence suggesting the mid/side processing to be neither perceived more enveloping nor more preferred than the other versions, except for a group with gamers that played games less than 6 hours per week. The qualitative data on the other hand, showed hints at the mid/side version having envelopment as its defining attribute along with it making the sound design more exciting and making some sounds more powerful. The main problem with the mid/side technique seems to be that it has to exclude in-game spatialization for the widened stereo image to be perceived as enveloping. However, if it is applied on sounds that do not need to be spatialized then it might be able to improve the perceived envelopment of those sounds.
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Johansson, Marcus. "Interactive motorsports broadcasting in a virtual reality environment." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-23935.
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Interactive TV in motorsport, specifically Formula 1, is an established service that has been developed over the last 20 years. Market research reveals trends in broadcasting pointing towards, in the future, sports, in general, will be consumed via VR. Broadcasting interactive TV with VR acting as the medium, however, is an unfamiliar territory where a gap in research exists in interaction design.The purpose of this thesis is to research the viewing habits of inexperienced and experienced viewers of F1 through empirical work that includes literature review, observation and interviews. The insights gathered are then conceptualized through workshops and sketching. These, in turn, helps produce a set of iterated prototypes that are usability tested to extract insights which reveal design recommendations for ergonomics and interface and elements for augmenting the viewing experience the designer should keep in mind when developing for VR broadcasted interactive motorsport TV.
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Löfberg, Benjamin, and Erik Tunhult. "Ljuddesign för Virtual Reality : En studie om att gestalta närvaro." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för teknik och estetik, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-21815.
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I nuvarande forskning så existerar det ett research gap inom ljudproduktion och ljuddesign för Virtual Reality-applikationer. Det finns en mängd teknisk forskning om uppspelning av spatialiserat ljud för virtual reality med tekniker som binauralt ljud, HRTF (head-related transfer functions) och ambisonics. Allt detta är av högsta grad relevant för denna undersökning och kommer att diskuteras kring samt redogöras för i senare del av artikeln, men kommer inte att ta en central del av undersökningen. Snarare är det avsaknaden av metoder och processer för det kreativa skapandet och implementeringen av ljud för Virtual Reality som intresserar den här undersökningen. Denna artikel tar ett initiativ för att framhäva vikten av en genomtänkt och väl utförd ljuddesign för Virtual Reality- applikationer samt redogöra för tankesätt och metoder som kan appliceras i en audiell designprocess. Detta genom analys utav fenomenen immersion och närvaro. Med denna analys som grund översätts dessa sedan till metoder och nyckelord som främjar att stödja skapandet av applikationers audiella innehåll. Undersökningen har mynnat ut i ett designobjekt som existerar som ett exempel för denna process och redogörs med en grundlig dokumentation. Artikeln avslutas med en jämförande studie där detta designobjekt placeras tillsammans med andra designexempel från marknaden i ett antecknande portfolio. Detta för att undersöka likheter mellan dessa exempel utifrån de nyckelord som kommer att framföras samt redogöras för i artikeln. Förhoppningen är att denna process kan tydliggöra för ljudets roll i att skapa en immersiv upplevelse samt inspirera andra ljuddesigners att applicera dessa metoder i dennes egna designprocess.In present research there exists a research gap within the field of sound production and sound design for virtual reality-applications. There is a ton of technical research to be found such as the deliverance of spatial audio for virtual reality through techniques like binaural audio, HRTF (head-related transfer functions) and ambisonics. All of these are highly relevant for this research and will be discussed in a later part of the article however they won't take a central part of the research process. It is rather the lack of methods and processes for the creative design and implementation of sound for virtual reality that this research finds interesting. This article takes an initiative to shed light on the importance of a well thought- through and properly executed sound design for Virtual Reality applications and gives an account for the thought process as well as methods that can be applied to an audio design process. This is done through an analysis of the phenomena known as immersion and presence. With the analysis as groundwork, the explanations of these phenomena then get translated to methods and keywords that support the creation of audio content for the given application. This research has formed the basis for a design object that exists as an example for this process and has been thoroughly documented along the way. The article ends with a comparative research study where this design object is placed together with other design examples from the general market in an annotated portfolio. The reason for this is to point out similarities through the lens of keywords that will be presented and explained in this article. This process sets out to clarify the role sound has in the creation of an immersive experience as well as to inspire other sound designers to apply these methods in their own design processes.
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Vroegop, John. "Nature Connectedness & Winter Camping : A Combination of Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Nationellt centrum för utomhuspedagogik (NCU), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-120253.
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A growing body of research indicates that nature connectedness should be an important component of environmental education programs as emerging empirical evidence shows a correlation between connectedness to nature and environmentally responsible behaviour. Despite an increased interest in further examination of the human-nature relationship, research is lacking in terms of specific factors or conditions that influence nature connectedness. In this study, a mixed methods approach was employed to quantitatively assess the impact winter camping had on nature connectedness and then qualitatively determine specific components of the camp experience that influenced this sense of nature connectedness. Nineteen scouts participated on a three day winter camp at Manning Park in British Columba, Canada, where they experienced many challenges such as sleeping in quinzees (snow caves) and learned new skills such as snowshoeing. The Nature Relatedness Scale was used to assess nature connectedness in this study. A pre-test was administered a few days before the winter camp and the post-test two days afterwards. The results from the paired sample T-test show that there was a statistically significant improvement in nature connectedness following the winter camp experience. Eleven scouts were then selected to participate in semi-structured interviews with the aim of gaining insight to the specific conditions of winter camping that influenced nature connectedness. The results indicate that the location of the camp, the condition of being immersed in nature, interacting with wildlife, the positive experience of challenges, the presence of risk, and freedom from technology are all contributing factors that influenced a sense o f nature connectedness. An increased environmental awareness was also a prevalent theme which supports research suggesting that there is a positive relationship between nature connectedness and pro-environmental behaviour. It is recommended that programs with the aim of promoting nature connectedness or environmental awareness should include as many of these components as possible. Further research should alsobe conducted to confirm that these results apply also to other populations as these results cannot be generalized with a sample size of nineteen.
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Olsson, Tobias, and Oscar Ullberg. "Mixed Reality for Gripen Flight Simulators." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Medie- och Informationsteknik, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-173831.
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This thesis aims to evaluate how different mixed reality solutions can be built and whetheror not it could be used for flight simulators. A simulator prototype was implemented usingUnreal Engine 4 with Varjo’s Unreal Engine plugin giving the foundation for the evaluations done through user studies. Three user studies were performed to test subjectivelatency with Varjo XR-1 in a mixed reality environment, test hand-eye coordination withVarjo XR-1 in a video see-through environment, and test the sense of immersion betweenan IR depth sensor and chroma key flight simulator prototype. The evaluation was seenfrom several perspectives, consisting of: an evaluation from a latency perspective on howa mixed reality solution would compare to an existing dome projector solution, how wellthe masking could be done when using either chroma keying or IR depth sensors, andlastly, which of the two evaluated mixed reality techniques are preferred to use in a senseof immersion and usability.The investigation conducted during the thesis showed that while using a mixed realityenvironment had a minimal impact on system latency compared to using a monitor setup.However, the precision in hand-eye coordination while using VST-mode was evaluated tohave a decreased interaction accuracy while conducting tasks. The comparison betweenthe two mixed reality techniques presented in which areas the techniques excel and wherethey are lacking, therefore, a decision needs to be made to what is more important for eachindividual use case while developing a mixed reality simulator.
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Rehnberg, Andrée. "Virtual prototyping of physical space - The value of presence, place and direct communication in prototyping." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-22511.
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This thesis explores the use of virtual reality as a prototyping tool for designpractitioners to utilize when designing artifacts situated in physical places.Methods used in the study are qualitative and derive from the field ofinteraction design. The topic is explored through literature review on theattributes of virtual reality and sense of place, presented in the theorychapter, and is connected to the empirical research throughout the designprocess chapter. The theories presented strongly indicate that places affecthuman behavior, making them a substantial part of the user experience wheninteracting with designed artifacts in specific locations, which is echoedthough the target audience who voice the need to prototype design conceptsin the context of place. The study culminates in two kinds of virtual realityprototypes, dubbed contextual prototypes, that are suggested to havedifferent use cases depending on what the purpose for prototyping is.
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Anderberg, Ted, and Joakim Rosén. "Follow the Raven : A Study of Audio Diegesis within a Game’s Narrative." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för teknik och estetik, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-14693.
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Virtual Reality is one of the next big things in gaming, more and more games delivering an immersive VR-experience are popping up. Words such as immersion and presence has quickly become buzzwords that’s often used to describe a VR-game or experience. This interactive simulation of reality is literally turning people’s heads. The crowd pleaser, the ability to look around in 360-degrees, is however casting a shadow on the aural aspect. This study focused on this problem in relation to audio narrative. We examined which differences we could identify between a purely diegetic audio narrative and one utilizing a mix between diegetic and non-diegetic sound. How to grab the player’s attention and guide them to places in order for them to progress in the story. By spatializing audio using HRTF, we tested this dilemma through a game comparison with the help of soundscapes by R. Murray Schafer and auditory hierarchy by David Sonnenschein, as well as inspiration from Actor Network Theory. In our game comparison we found that while the synthesized sound, non-diegetic, ensured that the sound grabs the player’s attention, the risk of breaking the player’s immersion also increases.
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Bräysy, Alex, and Axel Arkö. "Fourth Wall Manipulation in Digital Games and its Impact on the Gameplay Experience." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för naturvetenskap, miljö och teknik, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-32431.
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This thesis explores how manipulation of the fourth wall can affect players’ Gameplay Experience in digital games, due to the lack of any significant research regarding the matter. In preparation of the study, multiple commercially released digital games with instances of fourth wall manipulation were analysed. This led to the creation of four distinct game design patterns. These patterns were implemented into a game artefact specifically created for the study, which was played by eight participants. After playing, the participants were interviewed about how they experienced the game artefact. The results show that the majority of the patterns had a positive effect on both the participants’ immersion and engagement, which both form part of the Gameplay Experience model.Denna uppsats undersöker hur manipulering av den fjärde väggen kan påverka spelupplevelsen i digitala spel, då det saknas allmän betydelsefull forskning gällande ämnet. Under förstadiet av denna studie analyserades flertalet kommersiellt lanserade digitala spel som innehöll instanser av fjärde väggen manipuleringar. Detta ledde till skapandet av fyra olika designmönster. Dessa mönster implementerades i en spelartefakt specifikt skapad för studien, vilken spelades av åtta deltagare. Efter att ha spelat blev deltagarna intervjuade om hur de upplevde spelet. Resultaten påvisar att majoriteten av designmönstren hade en positiv inverkan både på deltagarnas immersion och engagemang, vilka båda formar delar av spelupplevelsemodellen.
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Sundblad, Graziella. "Virtual Reality and its Impact on Programming Learning Process - Designing VR-based Programming Learning Practices." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-22396.
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This qualitative thesis work investigates in which way an immersive,embodied and interactive computer-based simulation can lead to an easierunderstanding of programming concepts. It also presents a concept for VRprogramming learning tool that could turn learning into a fun and engagingexperience for the students. The target group is Interaction Design bachelorstudents – programming is an important tool to create innovative andinteractive artefacts and interfaces, and yet, the students have hard time tounderstand many of the programming concepts. The current research relieson concepts such as embodiment and tangibility, which reflects on theprototype developed – a highly immersive, embodied VR platform with astrong illusion of tangibility. Additionally, the prototype was inspired byfeedback from students and teachers, result of a participatory approach.Finally, the research showed through usability tests that the studentsexperienced that the application made the concepts more graspable and morefun to learn.
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Molin, Martin, and Nicolina Kristiansson. "Using Biofeedback to Enhance Player Experience in a First-Person Shooter." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för teknik och samhälle (TS), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-20921.
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This paper investigates if real-time biofeedback can be used to enhance individual player experience by increasing the sense of flow and immersion with the player and to what extent this can be achieved. We used an oximeter, the Contec CMS50D+ to capture live biometric data which was in turn interpreted and implemented in the game Half-Life 2. The data was used to alter the damage taken and inflicted by the player, the timescale and the field of view, all to enhance the players sense of flow and immersion.An experiment group playing the modification and a control group playing the original game were evaluated, whose test results were compared to one another to analyze the alterations. The test subjects filled out a game experience questionnaire customized to this game and research, and were lastly interviewed. While the results indicate that it is possible to enhance gameplay experience by using biometric data, further research is needed in order to conclude to what extent this is possible.
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Khaleram, Paulsson Nelly. "A musical escape into a virtual world - A qualitative experimental study of how music fans perceive music concerts and other musical performances in virtual reality." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för teknik och samhälle (TS), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-20258.
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We live in a time when technology is digitalizing the world. Technology is a medium that brings people closer to each other and enables more experiences to take place; at home. The increase of music concert attendance boomed the music industry in 2016 and set record sales already halfway into the year. However, there are still people that cannot attend music concerts or performances due to other factors. It was not only the music industry that boomed in 2016; artists started producing music concerts in Virtual Reality (VR) enabling them to reach out to a wider audience. This study shows how music fans in the age between 20-30 perceive music concerts and performances in virtual worlds. The study conducted qualitative experiments and focus group discussions with a total of nine participants. The conclusion is that music fans perceive virtual reality as a media technology that needs more product development and focus on the possibilities of becoming a more social experience. Virtual reality is a technology that isolates the user; the music fans demanded an experience that enables co-presence. That is, achieving immersion and experiencing being present in a virtual world with another person.
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Juul, Lisa. "Examining 360° storytelling in immersive music videos." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för teknik och samhälle (TS), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-20828.
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Music videos invite the viewer to an enhanced experience of a song, and by combining it with360°, a new dimension of immersion emerges. However, a new wave of complex narrativeand user interface unfolds when intertwining 360° and the contemporary way of telling storiesin music videos.This thesis used an experimental mixed method research design, focusing on collecting,analyzing, and mixing both quantitative and qualitative data in a series of studies. A surveywas first conducted to get an overview of consensus with respect to music videos, VR, and360°. The majority of the respondents had tried VR and 40% of stated that they felt immersedwhile trying it. Around 18% argued it was experience-dependent and 42% did not feelimmersed at all. The survey was followed by experiments showing two 360° music videoswith different storytelling techniques. After the participants had seen the videos, theydiscussed the experience in focus groups in a semi-structured interview. The results were thencoded and benchmarked with theory, which led to the rise of six key 360° storytellingguidelines.All three focus groups concluded 360° music videos enable a deeper level of immersion.However, when combining novelty and a sometimes overwhelming visual experience, 360°music videos can distract the audience if not told right. The guidelines discuss the purpose ofa music video, how the technology affects the experience, if the medium is passive or active,and how different types of interaction can be used as a storytelling mean. They also discussways to pedagogically intertwine audio and visuals. Additionally, the guidelines includediscussions of how different cues and POV’s can be utilized to ensure that the filmmakers andviewers experiences are somewhat aligned, they also tackle the fear of missing out, andfinally compare 360° and traditional music videos.Conclusively, the research shows that storytelling in a 360° sphere will entail a journey oftrial and error, and that the audience have scattered preferences of what different narrativestyles they find work and do not.
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Kazeem, Ganiat Omolara. "Technology In Policing : An ethnographic study of the use of information and communication technology within Bedfordshire police force." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för informatik (IK), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-76419.
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Policing in The United Kingdom is an intricate business, balancing the enforcement of statute and other laws while dealing with public safety and security. Policing engages a diverse and complicated set of organisational structures and processes relying heavily on the skill and expertise of officers on the ground. Their role in preventing and or intercepting crime before, during and after it occurs is integral to sustaining peace, security, law and order in communities. The police operational and logistics staff work day to day with information and communication technologies, ranging from conventional databases and information systems to ubiquitous and specialised tools. Understanding the use of technology and its management in policing has formed the backbone of this research conducted through a qualitative approach. This study adopted an interpretive paradigmic analytical lens using ethnography situated in the workplace as a methodology. The qualitative study took the form of field immersion for nine months using interviewing, and shadowing/observation to suit the complexity of the socio-technical context. Analysis was conducted using thematic analytical methods. Understanding how the police force interact with and shape the way that information and communication technologies enable them to fight crime is, then, the subject of this thesis. The findings highlighted the complexities and intricacies involved in the use of technology, identifying unique differentiations in the way technology is engaged and integrated into policing including comparative understanding relative to other sectors and industries. On the whole the central features of this work highlight understanding of the role information and communication technologies; usefulness, usage in practice and operational activity, strategic business goals, knowledge management, business intelligence and intelligence led architecture, governance and performance models in policing the county of Bedfordshire, England.
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Johan, Hellgren. "You are here. Exploring the intersection of wayfinding and presence in video games." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-23613.
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This thesis project aims to contribute knowledge to the field of user experience design in games by examining the relationship between presence and wayfinding in games in order to determine how one might design wayfinding systems that simultaneously facilitate player navigation and create a sense of presence. Based on examining and comparing existing literature on wayfinding and presence in games, and by analyzing existing games that accomplish the aforementioned dual purpose, I formulate a set of hypothetical design principles for presence-creating wayfinding design. The validity of these principles is then put to test by creating and testing a digital prototype where participants are tasked with navigating a virtual space. The testing of the practical application of these principles reveals them to be largely viable, demonstrating the viability of designing wayfinding solutions for games that simultaneously facilitate presence.
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Grimberg, Christian. "Creating Anomalies: A Study In Player Involvement Through Narrative In Alternate Reality Games." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för teknik och samhälle (TS), 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-21040.
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This thesis project aims to explore the relationship between the players and the fictional worlds of alternate reality games (ARGs), concentrating on the aspects of immersion, player involvement and narrative. It investigates the connection between immersion and narrative, as well as to what extent the applying of narrative to physical environments contribute to the overall immersive experience of the players. The theoretical frame incorporates different aspects of game interaction, concerning game boundaries, game mastering and player experience, and includes an analytical presentation of a number of ARGs, challenging the traditional norms of game design. The theoretical framework is accompanied by a design process exploring game mechanics and player involvement through game testing. The assumptions drawn from the research, in combination with the outcome of the design process, suggest that because narrative utilized within ARGs is interactive it differs massively from traditional narration and the fact that it intersects the physical environment gives it properties that urges its users to dynamically collaborate to unfold its discourse.
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Andersson, Karl. "Manipulating Control-Display Ratios in Room-Scale Virtual Reality." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för datavetenskap och kommunikation (CSC), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-211675.
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This study examined how reduced control-display ratios on motion-tracked handheld controllers in virtual reality affected user immersion and sense of control. 24 participants played a puzzle game in virtual reality using one of three control-display ratios: one normal, and two that were reduced using the “Go-Go” technique. Results indicate that the control-display ratio can be reduced drastically while retaining user immersion and sense of control, but that the effectiveness of this seems to differ between individuals and is heavily influenced by previous experiences. Even so, these results could be of use for future virtual reality interaction designers as well as researchers studying the senses of vision and proprioception.Den här studien undersökte hur sänkta control-display-förhållanden på handhållna kontroller i virtual reality påverkade användares inlevelse och upplevda kontroll. 24 deltagare spelade ett pusselspel i virtual reality med en av tre control-display-förhållanden: en normal, och två som var sänkta med "Go-Go"-metoden. Resultaten indikerar att control-display-förhållandet kan sänkas markant utan att förlora användarens inlevelse eller upplevda kontroll, men till vilken grad detta sker tycks variera mellan individer och även påverkas av tidigare erfarenheter. Trots detta kan dessa resultat vara till nytta för framtida interaktionsdesigners i virtual reality samt för forskare som studerar sinnena syn och proprioception.