Immersive Sims:  A New Paradigm or a New Game Genre?

Myles Blasonato; Cinzia Cremona; Manolya Kavakli; Dan Staines

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-05311-5_2

Immersive Sims: A New Paradigm or a New Game Genre?

Myles Blasonato^*, Cinzia Cremona, Manolya Kavakli, Dan Staines

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

In this paper, first we discuss how sets of common principles constitute paradigms in HCI and what creates a paradigm shift; second, we analyse characteristics of immersive sims and examine if they qualify as a new paradigm. The first HCI paradigm, an amalgam of engineering and human factors, accepts interaction as a form of man-machine coupling in ways inspired by industrial engineering and ergonomics. The second HCI paradigm, in contrast, hinges on a metaphor of mind and computer as symmetric, coupled information processors. The third HCI paradigm focuses on embodied interaction, meaning and meaning construction, situated knowledge, an explicit focus on values and the centrality of context. In this paper, we build a rigorous speculative set of concepts to test our hypothesis that immersive sims present a paradigm shift. We align this conceptual clarity with a structured and systematic analysis of the high and low-level characteristics of immersive sims based on Samoylenko’s description of the five pillars of immersive sim design. We propose more refined low-level characteristics within the three high-level characteristics of immersion, simulation, and interaction. This methodical analysis of principles and practices results in a set of reliable tools supported by examples drawn from the full history of immersive sims. Using these principles, we develop an immersive sim and conduct a usability test to verify the low-level characteristics listed above in a UX case study. Finally, we conclude by stating that the immersive sim design principles constitute a paradigm shift in HCI, rather than a new genre.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Human-Computer Interaction. Theoretical Approaches and Design Methods - Thematic Area, HCI 2022, Held as Part of the 24th HCI International Conference, HCII 2022, Proceedings
Editors	Masaaki Kurosu
Publisher	Springer
Pages	18-39
Number of pages	22
ISBN (Print)	9783031053108
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05311-5_2
Publication status	Published - 16 Jun 2022
Event	Human Computer Interaction thematic area of the 24th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2022 - Virtual, Online Duration: 26 Jun 2022 → 1 Jul 2022

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	13302 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	Human Computer Interaction thematic area of the 24th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2022
City	Virtual, Online
Period	26/06/22 → 1/07/22

Bibliographical note

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© 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

Keywords

Characteristics of immersive sims
Design principles
HCI paradigms
Immersive sims

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Blasonato, M., Cremona, C., Kavakli, M., & Staines, D. (2022). Immersive Sims: A New Paradigm or a New Game Genre? In M. Kurosu (Ed.), Human-Computer Interaction. Theoretical Approaches and Design Methods - Thematic Area, HCI 2022, Held as Part of the 24th HCI International Conference, HCII 2022, Proceedings (pp. 18-39). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 13302 LNCS). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05311-5_2

Blasonato, Myles ; Cremona, Cinzia ; Kavakli, Manolya et al. / Immersive Sims : A New Paradigm or a New Game Genre?. Human-Computer Interaction. Theoretical Approaches and Design Methods - Thematic Area, HCI 2022, Held as Part of the 24th HCI International Conference, HCII 2022, Proceedings. editor / Masaaki Kurosu. Springer, 2022. pp. 18-39 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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Immersive Sims: A New Paradigm or a New Game Genre? / Blasonato, Myles; Cremona, Cinzia; Kavakli, Manolya et al.
Human-Computer Interaction. Theoretical Approaches and Design Methods - Thematic Area, HCI 2022, Held as Part of the 24th HCI International Conference, HCII 2022, Proceedings. ed. / Masaaki Kurosu. Springer, 2022. p. 18-39 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 13302 LNCS).

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Blasonato M, Cremona C, Kavakli M, Staines D. Immersive Sims: A New Paradigm or a New Game Genre? In Kurosu M, editor, Human-Computer Interaction. Theoretical Approaches and Design Methods - Thematic Area, HCI 2022, Held as Part of the 24th HCI International Conference, HCII 2022, Proceedings. Springer. 2022. p. 18-39. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-05311-5_2