Gamification Group

July 18, 2019 In Interaction design, Publication By Henrietta Jylhä

AN ICON THAT EVERYONE WANTS TO CLICK: HOW PERCEIVED AESTHETIC QUALITIES PREDICT APP ICON SUCCESSFULNESS

App stores house a massive number of mobile applications, also known as apps. In light of recent statistics, the impact of the apps industry to economic growth is undeniably high. All apps are listed on app stores as icons – a graphic that “provides a...

June 24, 2019 In Gamification, Publication By Shuo Yang

THE RISE OF MOTIVATIONAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS: A REVIEW OF GAMIFICATION RESEARCH

Epilogue / acknowledgement. Back in 2012-2013, we conducted a rather modest but popular literature review on then extant empirical literature that had examined gamification: Hamari, J., Koivisto, J., & Sarsa, H. (2014). Does gamification work? – a literature review of empirical studies on gamification. In Proceedings...

May 14, 2019 In Achievements, Awards By Lobna Hassan

Prof. Juho Hamari awarded “young scientist of the year 2019”

On Monday, May 13th 2019; Professor Juho Hamari was awarded " young scientist of the year 2019" by the Finnish Technology Promotion foundation (TES). The award is a recognition for groundbreaking research work in the technologies field at a young age. The award was handed out at the celebration of...

April 16, 2019 In Open positions By Oğuz 'Oz' Buruk

Doctoral Researcher/Postdoctoral Research Fellow/Project Researcher (Gamification), 2-5 positions

Gamification Group of Tampere University is seeking several researchers for positions ranging from 2-5 years on levels of PhD candidate, Postdoctoral researcher or project researcher. We welcome applications with any research foci related to and around of the research of the Gamification Group related to the gamefulness of technology,...

April 13, 2019 In Gamification, Publication, ReClaim By Mattia Thibault

“Punk Gamification” wins best presentation at GamiFIN2019

"Punk Gamification", part of ReClaim's effort to create a theoretical framework for urban gamification,was presented Tuesday 9 April at GamiFIN, where it has been voted by the participants Best Presentation of the 2019's edition of the conference. This is the first award won by ReClaim...

February 28, 2019 In Gamification, Publication By Shuo Yang

Gameful Experience Questionnaire (GAMEFULQUEST): An instrument for measuring the perceived gamefulness of system use

Video games have become a highly visible part of human practice and culture. However, the experiences they evoke are in no way limited to systems and services purposefully designed as games. In fact, during the last few years, gamification has joined such phenomena as artificial...

February 27, 2019 In Open positions By Juho Hamari

Gamification Group is hosting and coaching MSCA-IF candidates with the goal of providing 2-3 year postdoc positions

EU H2020 Marie Sklodowska Curie Action Individual Fellowship provides opportunities to researchers of any nationality to acquire and transfer new knowledge and to work on research and innovation in Europe (EU Member States and Horizon 2020 Associated Countries) and beyond. The goal of the Individual...

February 26, 2019 In CFP, Event By Mattia Thibault

CFP: Gamification @ 53rd Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS 2020)

Part of the “Decision Analytics, Mobile Services, and Service Science” – track 53rd annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences HICSS 7-10 January 2020 | Grand Wailea, Maui Important dates: June 15: Submissions deadline August 17: Notification sent to authors September 4: Revision deadline September 10: Final acceptance notifications sent to authors September 22: Deadline for authors to...

January 24, 2019 In Augmented Reality, Reports, Virtual Reality By Max Sjöblom

Immersive Final Report

Click here to access the permanent Tampere University repository for the report. Download the report directly here: Immersive Final Report Virtual and augmented reality technologies have moved from being regarded as esoteric technological curiosities to being increasingly considered a part of everyday life. While these technologies have...

January 24, 2019 In eSports, Reports, Streaming By Max Sjöblom

Esports Final Report

Click here to access the permanent Tampere University repository for the report. Download the report directly here: Esports Project Report During the past five years, the activity of watching others play competitive video games has seen a tremendous amount of growth. According to popular estimates, esports has...