Exploring affection-oriented virtual pet game design strategies in VR attachment, motivations and expectations of users of pet games

Lin, Chaolan; Faas, Travis; Brady, Erin

doi:10.1109/acii.2017.8273625

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“…This paper qualitatively builds on that analysis to identify specific demographic characteristics and user types that may impact how players interact with virtual pets. Occasionally throughout the results, we will reference quantitative findings from [Lin et al 2017] to support the new findings presented in this paper.…”

Section: Findings and Analysissupporting

confidence: 60%

“…An initial analysis of the survey and lab experiment described how affective bonds were formed between VR players and virtual pets, and tested for statistical differences between motivation, perception, and affective response between pet owners and non-owners [Lin et al 2017]. This paper qualitatively builds on that analysis to identify specific demographic characteristics and user types that may impact how players interact with virtual pets.…”

Section: Findings and Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Four themes emerged when participants explained the factors that motivated them to play pet games: (1) getting access to animals, (2) getting emotional support, (3) learning, and (4) to kill time. While (1) and(2) were briefly described in [Lin et al 2017], we elaborate on participant motivations here.…”

Section: Game Experiencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Pet-keepers care about their interactions with virtual pets. As a result, they expect virtual pets to be as responsive as possible, which may contribute to the formation of a user-virtual pet bond [Lin et al 2017]. These expectations mostly originate from their experiences with real animals.…”

Section: Game Elements Preferencementioning

confidence: 99%

“…For example, some people use animal-assisted therapy, a type of therapy using real animals, as a form of treatment to improve their social, emotional, or cognitive functioning. Virtual pets may be a valuable alternative for those who are not able to access real animals, due to physical, psychological or practical restrictions [Lin et al 2017]. However, no prior research describes who is attracted to pet elements in games, and how users' engagement with pet games varies with their game-playing style.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Proceedings of the 23rd ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology

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Virtual pet games, such as handheld games like Tamagotchi or video games like Petz, provide players with artificial pet companions or entertaining pet-raising simulations. Prior research has found that virtual pets have the potential to promote learning, collaboration, and empathy among users. While virtual reality (VR) has become an increasingly popular game medium, little is known about users' expectations regarding game avatars, gameplay, and environments for VRenabled pet games. We surveyed 780 respondents in an online survey and interviewed 30 participants to understand users' motivation, preferences, and game behavior in pet games played on various medium, and their expectations for VR pet games. Based on our findings, we generated three user types that reflect users' preferences and gameplay styles in VR pet games. We use these types to highlight key design opportunities and recommendations for VR pet games.

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A context‐aware mobile augmented reality pet interaction model to enhance user experience

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Liu

She

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Computer Animation & Virtual

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Virtual pet applications have been widely developed and applied in various fields. Mobile augmented reality (MAR) provides a new medium for virtual pets, allowing users to have a more immersive interactive experience through MAR pets. However, the issue of the user experience in MAR pets remains uninvestigated and relatively unexploited. Therefore, this article proposes a context-aware MAR pet interaction model (CAPet model) to enhance the user experience in MAR pet systems, which allows the MAR pet makes feedback adaptively corresponding to the dynamic context. In addition, this article presents a user experience pyramid to measure the user experience for MAR pet. According to the proposed CAPet model, a MAR pet-dog application is designed and implemented, based on which user test are conducted. The results of user test indicate the effectiveness of the proposed method on enhancing user experience, which provides a basis for the design of MAR pet applications in the future.

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Can VR Help Understand Auditory-Visual Associations and Synaesthesia Through Immersive Battery Tests?

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2022

2022 10th International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction Workshops and Demos (ACIIW)

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Exploring affection-oriented virtual pet game design strategies in VR attachment, motivations and expectations of users of pet games

Cited by 15 publications

References 25 publications

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A context‐aware mobile augmented reality pet interaction model to enhance user experience

Can VR Help Understand Auditory-Visual Associations and Synaesthesia Through Immersive Battery Tests?

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