Gamification Group

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...

January 17, 2019 In Event, GArMEnt, Interaction design, Wearables By Oğuz 'Oz' Buruk

Design Workshops for Wearables, Body and Games

Are you a designer/developer/professional/researcher or a person working on topics related to game design and development, fashion design, interaction design, cosplay, psychophysiology and other related areas to wearables, body, and games? Join us for our interdisciplinary workshop series. Gamification Group is organizing a workshop series on...

January 15, 2019 In Gamification By Shuo Yang

Does gamification satisfy needs? A study on the relationship between gamification features and intrinsic need satisfaction

Intrinsic motivation is commonly considered as the most productive force behind people’s behavior [10][34]. However, it is often observed that people lack intrinsic motivation towards different activities they would like to undertake. Thus, many companies, educational institutions and workplaces are competing for these people’s motivational...

January 12, 2019 In ReClaim By Mattia Thibault

ReClaim is on Facebook!

ReClaim has a rather active Facebook page, used for sharing information about the project, but also news, calls for papers and interesting reading dealing with urban play and gamification!...

January 8, 2019 In Gamification, Publication, ReClaim, Urban Play By Mattia Thibault

New paper: Towards a Typology of Urban Gamification

A new paper for ReClaim is out, published in the Proceedings of HICSS 2019: “Towards a Typology of Urban Gamification”. The paper is open access and you can find the article in the Publications section! Play has always had its place in the city. From simple games...

January 5, 2019 In ReClaim, Urban Play By Mattia Thibault

ReClaim on the news: interviewed by Interface

Interface, the magazine of Tampere University of Technology (which has now merged in Tampere University), dedicated an article to two Marie Curie Individual Fellows who have recently joined the University. One of them is Mattia Thibault, the PI of ReClaim. You can read the brief interview...