Category Archives: gamification

Diet Recorder App Now Available

Posted on August 14, 2013 by Rod McCall

Thanks to everyone who took part in our recent study of gamification and privacy using our Diet Recorder Application. The current study is now complete so you can stop using the app if you like!  

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VW SmileDrive

Posted on August 9, 2013 by Rod McCall

Google and VW have teamed up to gamify driving, by giving points for driving more than 100 miles or when passing another VW driver – you can see where the latter is going in terms of branding and gamification 🙂 … Continue reading →

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Study Participants Wanted

Posted on August 9, 2013 by Rod McCall

Starting from next week we are looking for participants to take part in four studies: Gamification and privacy (location: anywhere in the world). We are looking for people to take part in a study using mobile phones and gamification. Time: … Continue reading →

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New Paper – Touch by Touch: Promoting Cultural Awareness With Multitouch Gaming

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Rod McCall

A short workshop paper which has just been presented about some on-going work that uses a combination of games, multitouch interaction and telepresence technologies to bring two museums in Europe closer together. The work forms the basis of a platform … Continue reading →

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New Paper: Using Gamification and Metaphor to Design a Mobility Platform for Commuters

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Rod McCall

Our paper on Using Gamification and Metaphor to Design a Mobility Platform for Commuters (McCall, Koenig and Kracheel) has now been published in The International Journal of Mobile Human-Computer Interaction. Abstract: In this paper the authors explain the use of gamification as a … Continue reading →

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