14. Effect of natural user interface on game experience and emotional responses for the elderly

Title(KR)

• 자연적 인터페이스가 노년층 사용자의 게임경험과 감정반응에 미치는 효과

Title(ENG)

• Effect of natural user interface on game experience and emotional responses for the elderly

Keywords(KR)

• natural user interface, UX, playtest, MANOVA, emotional responses, flow

Keywords(ENG)

• natural user interface, UX, playtest, MANOVA, emotional responses, flow

Author

• Ghee-Young Noh, and Beom Cheol Son

Abstract(ENG)

The purpose of this study is to conduct basic research on development of game interface for the elderly by verifying the difference in user experience based on the type of interface. The methodology of playtest combining experimental research and survey was applied with subjects of elderly users consisting of 47 men and 48 women being ages 60 and up. The effects of user experience between natural user interface and the pad-type interface were compared and analyzed through repeated measure MANOVA in terms of emotional response, ease of use and flow. The NUI game showed higher emotional responses such as pleasure and dominance. On the other hand, there was no difference in arousal. The NUI game also presented higher ease of use in the process of game play and it also had higher autotelic experience, action-awareness merging, sense of control and ambiguous feedback experience. These results may contribute to the development of serious game and natural user interface for the elderly by empirically identifying the effects of user experience on NUI.

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