Entertainment Computing – ICEC 2004: Third International Conference, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, September 1-3, 2004. Proceedings

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Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Ludic Engagement and Immersion as a Generic Paradigm for Human-Computer Interaction Design....Pages 3-13
Realization of Tai-Chi Motion Using a Humanoid Robot....Pages 14-19
Building Better Systems for Learning and Training: Bringing the Entertainment Industry and Simulation Technology Together....Pages 20-20
Game Intelligence: From Animal Play Behavior to Entertainment Computing....Pages 21-21
Effects of Violent Video Games on Aggressive Behavior, Helping Behavior, Aggressive Thoughts, Angry Feelings, and Physiological Arousal....Pages 22-22
New Behavioural Approaches for Virtual Environments....Pages 23-31
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“ Kuru-kuru Pitcher”: A Game for the S c ha i r e Internet Chair....Pages 35-45
Fun and Sports: Enhancing the Home Fitness Experience....Pages 46-56
Manipulating Multimedia Contents with Tangible Media Control System....Pages 57-67
“Tangible Influence”: Towards a New Interaction Paradigm for Computer Games....Pages 68-79
Computer Supported Collaborative Sports: Creating Social Spaces Filled with Sports Activities....Pages 80-89
Optical-Flow-Driven Gadgets for Gaming User Interface....Pages 90-100
The Human-Information Workspace (HI-Space): Ambient Table Top Entertainment....Pages 101-107
Game-Driven Intelligent Tutoring Systems....Pages 108-113
Practice! YUBIMOJI AIUEO for Japanese Hand Language Learning....Pages 114-119
The Bush Telegraph: Networked Cooperative Music-Making....Pages 120-123
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Live Role-Playing Games: Implications for Pervasive Gaming....Pages 127-138
Animating Conversation in Online Games....Pages 139-150
From Artistry to Automation: A Structured Methodology for Procedural Content Creation....Pages 151-156
Commedia Virtuale: Theatre Inspiration for Expressive Avatars....Pages 157-162
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Take the Money and Run? An Ethical Approach to the Relation Between Game Research and Game Industry....Pages 163-167
Moved by Movements: How Character Movements Cue Us to Form Specific Genre and Affective Impressions....Pages 168-171
Improvisation in Theatre Rehearsals for Synthetic Actors....Pages 172-175
Enjoyment and Entertainment in East and West....Pages 176-181
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Interactive Props and Choreography Planning with the Mixed Reality Stage....Pages 185-192
The Interactive and Multi-protagonist Film: A Hypermovie on DVD....Pages 193-203
Apply Social Network Analysis and Data Mining to Dynamic Task Synthesis for Persistent MMORPG Virtual World....Pages 204-215
How Realistic is Realism? Considerations on the Aesthetics of Computer Games....Pages 216-225
Read-It: A Multi-modal Tangible Interface for Children Who Learn to Read....Pages 226-234
Exploiting Films and Multiple Subtitles Interaction for Casual Foreign Language Learning in the Living Room....Pages 235-240
CLOVES: A Virtual World Builder for Constructing Virtual Environments for Science Inquiry Learning....Pages 241-247
SEITV – Interactive Multimedia Leisure/Educational Services for Digital TV in MHP....Pages 248-253
Tangible Augmented Reality Modeling....Pages 254-259
Human Body Tracking for Human Computer Intelligent Interaction....Pages 260-265
A Graphical System for Interactive Rendering of Objects in an Augmented Reality Scenery....Pages 266-269
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TEAM: The Team-Oriented Evolutionary Adaptability Mechanism....Pages 273-282
Size Variation and Flow Experience of Physical Game Support Objects....Pages 283-295
Enhancing the Performance of Dynamic Scripting in Computer Games....Pages 296-307
Open-Source Game Development with the Multi-user Publishing Environment (MUPE) Application Platform....Pages 308-320
Player-Centered Game Environments: Assessing Player Opinions, Experiences, and Issues....Pages 321-332
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An Application of Game-Refinement Theory to Mah Jong....Pages 333-338
The Design and Implementation of Multi-player Card Games on Multi-user Interactive Tabletop Surfaces....Pages 339-344
Entertainment Feature of a Computer Game Using a Biological Signal to Realize a Battle with Oneself....Pages 345-350
AI: the Missing Link in Digital Game Interface Design?....Pages 351-354
Engaging Game Characters: Informing Design with Player Perspectives....Pages 355-358
Emergent Stories in Massively Multiplayer Online Games: Using Improvisational Techniques to Design for Emotional Impact....Pages 359-362
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Towards a Framework for Design Guidelines for Young Children’s Computer Games....Pages 365-376
Social Translucence of the Xbox Live Voice Channel....Pages 377-385
Artifact-Based Human-Computer Interface for the Handicapped....Pages 386-392
A Home Page Is Where the Heart Is: Using Games Based Design Techniques to Enhance Contact Centre Interfaces....Pages 393-397
Avoiding Average: Recording Interaction Data to Design for Specific User Groups....Pages 398-401
Physiological Response to Games and Non-games: A Contrastive Study....Pages 402-405
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Probabilistic Opponent-Model Search in Bao....Pages 409-419
Agent Wars with Artificial Immune Systems....Pages 420-428
MMOG Player Classification Using Hidden Markov Models....Pages 429-434
Expanding Spheres: A Collision Detection Algorithm for Interest Management in Networked Games....Pages 435-440
Electronic Augmentation of Traditional Board Games....Pages 441-444
Strategy Selection in Games Using Co-evolution Between Artificial Immune Systems....Pages 445-450
Level of Detail Modelling in a Computer Game Engine....Pages 451-454
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Networked Mobile Gaming for 3G-Networks....Pages 457-467
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Mobile Games for Training Tactile Perception....Pages 468-475
Emotionally Loaded Mobile Multimedia Messaging....Pages 476-486
“Why Is Everyone Inside Me?!” Using Shared Displays in Mobile Computer Games....Pages 487-498
Associated Emotion and Its Expression in an Entertainment Robot QRIO....Pages 499-504
Position-Aware IEEE 802.11b Mobile Video Services....Pages 505-508
A Human-Pet Interactive Entertainment System over the Internet....Pages 509-512
Developing and Evaluating Mobile Entertainment Applications: The Case of the Music Industry....Pages 513-517
An Entertaining Way to Access Web Content....Pages 518-521
Design of an Interface for Technology Supported Collaborative Learning – The RAFT Approach....Pages 522-525
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iFP: A Music Interface Using an Expressive Performance Template....Pages 529-540
Sound Pryer: Adding Value to Traffic Encounters with Streaming Audio....Pages 541-552
Harmonics Table: Audiovisual Expression of Group Interaction on a Sensing Table....Pages 553-558
Hello-Fish: Interacting with Pet Fishes Through Animated Digital Wallpaper on a Screen....Pages 559-564
Background Music Generation Using Music Texture Synthesis....Pages 565-570
A Progressive Sounding Object Model in Virtual Environment....Pages 571-576
Front Matter....Pages 577-577
Automatic Visual Data Management System....Pages 579-585
Development of Extemporaneous Performance by Synthetic Actors in the Rehearsal Process....Pages 586-591
An Efficient CLOD Method for Large-Scale Terrain Visualization....Pages 592-597
Integrating Ideas About Invisible Playgrounds from Play Theory into Online Educational Digital Games....Pages 598-601
EffecTV: A Real-Time Software Video Effect Processor for Entertainment....Pages 602-605
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Web-Based Tool for Analyzing Emotions Through Images and Generating a Music Therapy System....Pages 606-609
Turning Photo Annotating Tasks into Instant Messaging Fun: Prototyping, User Trials, and Roadmapping....Pages 610-613
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