Monitoring player attention: A non-invasive measurement method applied to serious games

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• 作者：Zahen Malla Osman ^{zahen.malla_osman@cnam.fr" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Jé ; rô ; me Dupire ; ^{jerome.dupire@cnam.fr" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Sté ; phanie Mader ^{stephanie.mader@cnam.fr" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Pierre Cubaud ^{pierre-henri.cubaud@cnam.fr" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Sté ; phane Natkin ^{stephane.natkin@cnam.fr" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author}
• 关键词：Serious games ; Attention ; Pointing task ; Reaction time ; Alzheimer
• 刊名：Entertainment Computing
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：May 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：14
• 期：Complete
• 页码：33-43
• 全文大小：1726 K

文摘

In this article, we report on an experiment to monitor user attention in the serious game Le Village aux Oiseaux (The Birds’ Village). The primary motivation of this study was to explore the dynamic adaption of a game’s scenario and challenges to the skills of individual players. The solution we developed is a real-time, non-invasive visual attention monitoring method, based on the evaluation of reaction time within an open and continuous space. Our results contribute knowledge that can be useful for automatically managing individual game sessions. In addition, this knowledge can benefit game designers as well, helping them to improve gameplay, manage the difficulty of game environments, and optimize the positioning of visual resources on screen.