Players' opinions on control and playability of a BCI game

Hayrettin Gürkök; B.L.A. van de Laar; D. Plass - Oude Bos; Mannes Poel; Antinus Nijholt

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-07440-5_50

Players' opinions on control and playability of a BCI game

Hayrettin Gürkök
, B.L.A. van de Laar
, D. Plass - Oude Bos
, Mannes Poel
, Antinus Nijholt

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Abstract

Brain-computer interface (BCI) games can satisfy our need for competence by providing us with challenges that we should enjoy tackling. However, many BCI games that claim to provide enjoyable challenges fail to do so. Some common fallacies and pitfalls about BCI games play a role in this failure and in this paper we report on a study that we carried out to empirically investigate them. More specifically, we explored (1) active and passive interaction with BCI games, (2) BCI gaming as a skill and (3) playability of a BCI game. We conducted an experiment with 42 participants who played a popular computer game called World of Warcraft using a commercial BCI headset called EPOC. We conducted interviews about the participants' experiences of the game and ran a phenomenological analysis on their responses. The analysis results showed that (1) the players would like to play a BCI game actively if the BCI controls critical game elements, (2) the technical challenges of BCI cannot motivate the players to play a BCI game and (3) the players' enjoyment of one-time playing of a BCI game does not imply playability of the game.

Original language	Undefined
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction, UAHCI 2014
Editors	C Stephanidis, M. Antona
Place of Publication	Heidelberg
Publisher	Springer
Pages	549-560
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Print)	978-3-319-07439-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07440-5_50
Publication status	Published - 22 Jun 2014
Event	8th International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction, UAHCI 2014 - Heraklion, Greece Duration: 22 Jun 2014 → 27 Jun 2014 Conference number: 8

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Volume	8514
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	8th International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction, UAHCI 2014
Abbreviated title	UAHCI
Country/Territory	Greece
City	Heraklion
Period	22/06/14 → 27/06/14

Keywords

EWI-24477
HMI-MI: MULTIMODAL INTERACTIONS
IR-91445
Control
METIS-305856
BCI games
Emotiv headset
Enjoyment
World of Warcraft
Brain-Computer Interfaces

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Gürkök, H., van de Laar, B. L. A., Plass - Oude Bos, D., Poel, M., & Nijholt, A. (2014). Players' opinions on control and playability of a BCI game. In C. Stephanidis, & M. Antona (Eds.), Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction, UAHCI 2014 (pp. 549-560). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 8514). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07440-5_50

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Players' opinions on control and playability of a BCI game. / Gürkök, Hayrettin; van de Laar, B.L.A.; Plass - Oude Bos, D. et al.
Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction, UAHCI 2014. ed. / C Stephanidis; M. Antona. Heidelberg: Springer, 2014. p. 549-560 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 8514).

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Gürkök H, van de Laar BLA, Plass - Oude Bos D, Poel M, Nijholt A. Players' opinions on control and playability of a BCI game. In Stephanidis C, Antona M, editors, Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction, UAHCI 2014. Heidelberg: Springer. 2014. p. 549-560. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-07440-5_50