You; the observer, partaker or victim. Delineating three perspectives to empathic engagement in persuasive games using immersive technologies

Martijn JL Kors; Erik D. van der Spek; Gabriele Ferri; Ben AM Schouten

doi:10.1145/3270316.3271547

You; the observer, partaker or victim. Delineating three perspectives to empathic engagement in persuasive games using immersive technologies

Martijn JL Kors, Erik D. van der Spek, Gabriele Ferri, Ben AM Schouten

Civic Interaction Design

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Abstract

A commonality in socially-aware persuasive games is the strategy to appeal to empathy, as a means to have players feel and understand the struggles of another. This is particularly evident in the expanding use of immersive technologies, lauded for its ability to have players more literally 'stand in another's shoes'. But despite the growing interest, empathic engagement through immersive technologies is still ill-defined and the design thereof complicated, with questions like "who is the player?" and "with whom does the player empathize?". We contend that a better understanding of the different perspectives to empathic engagement - the observer, partaker, and victim - and the gap between realities can be insightful, and resulted in a framework to support future research and design.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI PLAY 2018
Subtitle of host publication	proceedings of the 2018 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play companion extended abstracts : October 28-31, 2018, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Editors	Florian Mueller, Daniel Johnson, Ben Schouten, Zachary Toups, Peta Wyeth
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	493-501
ISBN (Print)	9781450359689
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3270316.3271547
Publication status	Published - Oct 2018
Event	2018 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play - Melbourne, Australia Duration: 28 Oct 2018 → 31 Oct 2018

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Conference	2018 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Melbourne
Period	28/10/18 → 31/10/18

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Kors, M. JL., van der Spek, E. D., Ferri, G., & Schouten, B. AM. (2018). You; the observer, partaker or victim. Delineating three perspectives to empathic engagement in persuasive games using immersive technologies. In F. Mueller, D. Johnson, B. Schouten, Z. Toups, & P. Wyeth (Eds.), CHI PLAY 2018: proceedings of the 2018 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play companion extended abstracts : October 28-31, 2018, Melbourne, VIC, Australia (pp. 493-501). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3270316.3271547

Kors, Martijn JL ; van der Spek, Erik D. ; Ferri, Gabriele et al. / You; the observer, partaker or victim. Delineating three perspectives to empathic engagement in persuasive games using immersive technologies. CHI PLAY 2018: proceedings of the 2018 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play companion extended abstracts : October 28-31, 2018, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. editor / Florian Mueller ; Daniel Johnson ; Ben Schouten ; Zachary Toups ; Peta Wyeth. New York : Association for Computing Machinery, 2018. pp. 493-501

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Kors, MJL, van der Spek, ED, Ferri, G & Schouten, BAM 2018, You; the observer, partaker or victim. Delineating three perspectives to empathic engagement in persuasive games using immersive technologies. in F Mueller, D Johnson, B Schouten, Z Toups & P Wyeth (eds), CHI PLAY 2018: proceedings of the 2018 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play companion extended abstracts : October 28-31, 2018, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. Association for Computing Machinery, New York, pp. 493-501, 2018 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play , Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 28/10/18. https://doi.org/10.1145/3270316.3271547

You; the observer, partaker or victim. Delineating three perspectives to empathic engagement in persuasive games using immersive technologies. / Kors, Martijn JL; van der Spek, Erik D.; Ferri, Gabriele et al.
CHI PLAY 2018: proceedings of the 2018 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play companion extended abstracts : October 28-31, 2018, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. ed. / Florian Mueller; Daniel Johnson; Ben Schouten; Zachary Toups; Peta Wyeth. New York: Association for Computing Machinery, 2018. p. 493-501.

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Kors MJL, van der Spek ED, Ferri G, Schouten BAM. You; the observer, partaker or victim. Delineating three perspectives to empathic engagement in persuasive games using immersive technologies. In Mueller F, Johnson D, Schouten B, Toups Z, Wyeth P, editors, CHI PLAY 2018: proceedings of the 2018 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play companion extended abstracts : October 28-31, 2018, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. New York: Association for Computing Machinery. 2018. p. 493-501 doi: 10.1145/3270316.3271547

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