Generation Y, Baby Boomers, and Gaze Interaction Experience in Gaming

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

Gellersen

2019

Gaze interaction in games moved from being a tool for accessibility to be at the core of mass-market game franchises, offering enhanced controller performance and greater immersion. We propose to explore three different popular gazebased interaction mechanics to create novel opportunities in the game design space. We developed Twileyed, a collection of three games that challenge the "common" use of gaze as a pointer to navigate; select; and aim; to pose a challenging new way to play with the eyes. We used the games as data to reflect on the gaze design space. We asked users to play the games to validate them and we observed their experience and strategies. Based on the observations, we discussed through 5 themes the dimensions of gaze interactions and the potential outcomes to create engaging and playful gaze-enabled games. We contribute a position in gaze gameplay design, but also a conversation starter to engage the EyePlay research community.

Section: Gaze Selectionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Looking Outside the Box: Reflecting on Gaze Interaction in Gameplay

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

Gellersen

2019

“…Others used where the eyes point to directly move the characters to that position [23], on a horizontal axis [24] or aim their direction [25]. Players can trigger actions by aligning where the eyes point with objects in the game, to select them [26], activate different game defence modes [27] or shoot [28]. Generally, gaze is used with other inputs because we use the eyes not only for interaction but also as a sensor to perceive the scene.…”

Section: Gaze In Gamesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Towards Designing Diegetic Gaze in Games: The Use of Gaze Roles and Metaphors

Lankes

2019

MTI

Gaze-based interactions have found their way into the games domain and are frequently employed as a means to support players in their activities. Instead of implementing gaze as an additional game feature via a game-centred approach, we propose a diegetic perspective by introducing gaze interaction roles and gaze metaphors. Gaze interaction roles represent ambiguous mechanics in gaze, whereas gaze metaphors serve as narrative figures that symbolise, illustrate, and are applied to the interaction dynamics. Within this work, the current literature in the field is analysed to seek examples that design around gaze mechanics and follow a diegetic approach that takes roles and metaphors into account. A list of surveyed gaze metaphors related to each gaze role is presented and described in detail. Furthermore, a case study shows the potentials of the proposed approach. Our work aims at contributing to existing frameworks, such as EyePlay, by reflecting on the ambiguous meaning of gaze in games. Through this integrative approach, players are anticipated to develop a deeper connection to the game narrative via gaze, resulting in a stronger experience concerning presence (i.e., being in the game world).

“…The main thrust of interaction mechanics in gaze-enabled games range from the use of gaze to control the camera viewpoint [24,19]; graphics rendering [7]; to adapt the difficulty of the game based on the player's gaze behavior [17,1]; avatar movement control [10,23]; to aim at targets [9,4]; among others. Overall, the main concept is to use gaze pointing as the mechanism for the selection of objects of interest.…”

Section: Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring Gaze Interaction Design in Games

Extended Abstracts of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play Companion Extended Abstracts

2019

Gaze interaction in games is rapidly increasing with examples in mainstream franchises. This research focuses on investigating new opportunities for gaze-enable game design moving away from sensing-based dynamics grounded in gaze pointing and consider a user-centred approach which has its starting point in visual capabilities and metaphors of looking. This approach will lead to the development of examples that illustrate novel and playful experiences that can be designed thinking about how the players see rather than where and what they look at. This research aims to contribute to the understanding of how to create playful gazebased experiences by providing a design framework and inspire designers to engage in the conversation to shape the future of gaze interaction in play.