Designing to Split Attention in a Mixed Reality Game Conference Paper uri icon

abstract

  • Copyright 2015 by the Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. (ACM). We design and study a mixed reality game, PhotoNav, to investigate wearable computing display modalities in which players need to split attention. PhotoNav requires that the player split attention between the physical world and display by using geotagged photographs as hints for navigation. Even though the head-mounted display requires a shorter shift in visual attention, we find players prefer the separation of the handheld. This research contributes ways in which mixed reality game UIs can focus players on the physical environment, leveraging its unique affordances.

name of conference

  • Proceedings of the 2015 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play

published proceedings

  • Proceedings of the 2015 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play

author list (cited authors)

  • Sharma, H. N., Toups, Z. O., Jain, A., & Kerne, A.

citation count

  • 2

complete list of authors

  • Sharma, Hitesh Nidhi||Toups, Zachary O||Jain, Ajit||Kerne, Andruid

editor list (cited editors)

  • Cox, A. L., Cairns, P. A., Bernhaupt, R., & Nacke, L. E.

publication date

  • January 2015