The use of virtual reality (VR) has seen significant recent growth and presents opportunities
for use in many domain areas. The use of head-mounted displays (HMDs) also presents …

An examination of the player's experience of sound in video games and the many ways that
players interact with the sonic elements in games. In Playing with Sound, Karen Collins …

In recent years, there has been growing interest in the use of digital games to enhance
teaching and learning at all educational levels, from early years through to lifelong learning …

With the development and advancement of information technology, artificial intelligence (AI)
and machine learning are applied in every sector of life. Among these applications, music is …

Today's spectrum of playful fitness solutions features systems that are clearly game-first or
fitness-first in design; hardly any sufficiently incorporate both areas. Consequently, existing …

Avatar identification is one of the most promising research areas in games user research.
Greater identification with one's avatar has been associated with improved outcomes in the …

While quantitative studies show overwhelming evidence that music and sound are crucial for
video game immersion, the definition of game musical immersion itself has only been hinted …

This book merges recent trends in game studies and multimodal studies to explore the
relationship between the interaction between videogames' different modes and the ways in …

Slot machine wins and losses have distinctive, measurable, physiological effects on players.
The contributing factors to these effects remain under-explored. We believe that sound is …

Sound and virtual reality (VR) are two important output modalities for creating an immersive
player experience (PX). While prior research suggests that sounds might contribute to a …