Author(s): Radeta, Marko ; Ribeiro, Miguel ; Vasconcelos, Dinarte ; Nunes, Nuno Jardim
Date: 2019
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.13/5688
Origin: DigitUMa - Repositório da Universidade da Madeira
Subject(s): LoRa; Internet of Things; Tangible user interfaces; Games with a purpose; Ubiquitous computin; Radio cover; .; Faculdade de Ciências Exatas e da Engenharia
The Internet of Things (IoT) is opening new possibilities for sensing, monitoring and actuating in urban environments. They sup port a shift to a hybrid network of humans and things collaborating in production, transmission and processing of data through low-cost and low power devices connected via long-range (LoRa) wide area networks (WAN). This paper describes a 2-player duel game based on IoT con trollers and LoRa radio communication protocol. Here we report on the main evaluation dimensions of this new design space for games, namely: (i) game usability (SUS) leading to an above average score; (ii) affective states of the players (SAM) depicting pleasant and engaging gameplay, while players retain control; (iii) radio coverage perception (RCP) show ing that most participants did not change their perception of the radio distance after playing. Finally, we discuss the findings and propose future interactive applications to take advantage of this design space.
