Proyecto de Investigación

Pablo RomeroIIMAS, UNAMpablor@unam.mx

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Course overview

Learning what is scientific research by doing scientific research

User Experience and Embodied Interaction in the Kinect

Lecture/Seminar: – Monday 10.00 am – 11.30 am– Wednesday 10.00 am – 11.30 am

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This lecture

What is the problem (and the task) Course structure

– Outline– Course admin– Assignments

Fundamental concepts

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The problem

Gaming

HCI

Human Attention

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Gaming

Make games better– Narrative– AI– Gameplay– “Natural” Interaction– Graphics– etc.

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The gaming problem

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The HCI problem

Fun Engaging Stimulating

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Human attention problem

Flow or optimal experience

Effortless attention Difference between

– Effortless– Effortful– Captive

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The task

Can Kinect games promote flow?– Develop games– Evaluate them

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Course outline

Understand what is scientific research Learn about

– HCI– User Experience– Embodied Interaction– Movement Interaction– Kinect programming– Empirical studies

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Basic bibliography Kölling, M. (2009). Introduction to Programming with

Greenfoot. New Jersey, USA: Pearson Education. Salen, K., & Zimmerman, E. (2003). Rules of Play: Game

Design Fundamentals: The MIT Press. Sharp, H., Rogers, Y., & Preece, J. (2007). Interaction design:

Beyond human-computer interaction. Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley. Csikszentmihalyi, M., & Nakamura, J. (2010). Effortless

Attention in Everyday Life: A Systematic Phenomenology. In B. Bruya (Ed.), Effortless Attention. Boston: The MIT Press.

Dourish, P. (2001). Where the Action Is: The Foundations of Embodied Interaction: The MIT Press.

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Complementary bibliography Hassenzahl, M., & Tractinsky, N. (2006). User Experience –

a Research Agenda. Behaviour and Information Technology, 25(2), 91-97.

Csikszentmihalyi, M. (1997). Finding flow: The psychology of engagement with everyday life. New York: Basic Books.

Jungmann, M., & Fitzpatrick, G. (2009). Sim-Suite. Paper presented at the Proceeding of the seventh ACM conference on Creativity and cognition.

Carter, C. (2007). Microsoft XNA Unleashed: Graphics and Game Programming for Xbox 360 and Windows: Sams Publishing.

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Course Evaluation

No. Description Week % of mark

Group/Individual

1 Presentation of design 7 15% Group

2 Presentation of implementation 14 25% Group

3 Final report 16 60% Individual

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Plan of activities

Week Class Work outside class

1 Intro Play Kinect games

2 Kinect programming Kinect programming exercises

3 Kinect programming? Kinect programming exercises

4 Java introduction Kinect programming exercises / participation in empirical study

5 Greenfoot introduction Participation in empirical study / prepare presentation

6 Flow Prepare presentation

7 Design presentations Discuss feedback

8 Kinect in Greenfoot Modify design

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Plan of activities (cont.)

Week Class Work outside class

9 Gaming and user experience

Program prototype

10 Empirical studies Program prototype

11 Presentation of prototypes Program prototype

12 Embodied Interaction Program prototype and write final report

13 The scientific method and report

Discuss feedback and Write final report

14 Presentation of implementation

Write final report

15 Demos of prototypes Write final report

16 Submit final report

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What is scientific research?

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1) Developing an application to promote exercise for diabetic children in collaboration with doctors of the National Institute of Diabetes

2) Finding out the level of air pollution with air quality measurement stations in strategic parts of the city

3) Performing a big-brother type of experiment to find out whether men or women are more likely to develop aggressive behaviours in those situations

4) Trying to find evidence of ghosts in old haciendas by using video and audio recordings

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The ‘what’ vs the ‘why’ questions

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Everything is up for grabs

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It’s all about generalisations

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Adventure author: an example research project

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Adventure author: an example research project Generalisation: Children's learning can be

enhanced by creating video games Up for grabs: video games cannot be

educational What and why questions:

– What can children learn from creating video games?

– Why do they learn that way?

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A research career

Why would I like to be a researcher?– “Beats asda anytime”– Good life style– The country needs it

So how do I become a researcher?– Learn English!– MSc, PhD, postdoc, lecturer, etc.