Slides from a talk I did for the "Future of design thinking" seminar - http://www.eidos.org.au/v2/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=355&Itemid=319

1. Designing for
Biofeedback
Andrew Dekker, ITEE, University of Queensland
THE FUTURE OF DESIGN THINKING
Brisbane, Australia, 24 March 2011
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2. Designing for
Biofeedback
Changing existing digital environments
Andrew Dekker, ITEE, University of Queensland
THE FUTURE OF DESIGN THINKING
Brisbane, Australia, 24 March 2011
Saturday, 26 March 2011

3. dynamic, adaptive and user
centric environments
computer games context
computers cannot
understand the user...
or can they?
real-time biometric devices
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4. “ we are investigating the
methods that dynamically
allow a game to react and
adapt to the user through
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low-cost and easily
modifiable prototypes
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5. IDEO - Design Thinking
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7. Process
Iterative Design Process
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8. Why?
Wicked problems - Rittel and Webber (1973)
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Black & White, Lionhead Studios, 2001

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13. Emotiv
Neurosky
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14. Lightstone (Wild Divine)
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15. Wild Divine
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22. Liked
Horror
User Gamer? Played FSP? Played HL 2? Games/films?
• Aged between 15 and 50.
• Both female and male (25% female, 75% 1 casual yes no neutral
male).
2 casual yes yes neutral
• Experienced and not experienced in first
person shooters and Half-Life 2. 3 no yes yes yes
• Had not been previously involved in the 4 yes yes yes yes
project or performed informal evaluation.
• Enjoyed and didn’t enjoy horror computer 5 yes yes yes yes
games, movies and books. 6 no yes no neutral
• Had various levels of computer game
experience (from users who rarely played 7 no yes yes no
computer games to users who played games
as a hobby). 8 casual yes no yes
9 casual yes yes yes
10 no yes no yes
11 yes no no no
12 no yes no yes
13 yes yes yes neutral
14 yes no no neutral
Yes 5 12 7 7
Neutral 4 - - 5
No 5 2 7 2
Total 14 14 14 14
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27. observations
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28. Proprietary Wii Remote Ubiquity
?
Proprietary Wii Vitality Sensor
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29. Thank you for your time
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