• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.131-139
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• 2020

Gamers switch their games to a new when get bored or encounter more attractive ones. Switching cost varies by gamers and depends on how they are satisfied with their current game. This study evaluates the satisfaction with current games as the miltiple basic psychological need in the self-determination theory and suggests 'needs-costs' causality research model that explain the variety of gamer's switching behavior. As the empirical test to domestic mobile gamers, the autonomy fulfillment to current game affect reversely with those of autonomy and relatedness. Those relationships between need satisfaction and perceptual switching cost vary according to their age and game genre preference. The results would be applied to understand gamers' switching behavior.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.28 no.1
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• pp.129-136
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• 2023

In this paper, we propose the positive effects of Virtual Reality(VR) sports classes and the foundation for VR sports to become the basis of lifelong sports education through the application of physical education classes in sports virtual reality programs are to be provided. For this purpose, the effect of VR sports experience on sports satisfaction, sports immersion, and sports attitude factors was investigated for 281 elementary school students in Busan. Results It was found that VR sports experience had a significant effect on sports satisfaction, sports satisfaction had a significant effect on sports immersion and sports attitude, and sports immersion had a significant effect on sports attitude. The great advantage of sports virtual reality is that sports activities for items that are difficult to deal with in physical education classes and unpopular items will be easily performed. In addition, by using a program that links physical education classes with English and mathematics, physical education will be recognized as a convergence subject by elementary school students, and at the same time, it will become an integrated subject that can acquire fun elements and learning elements at the same time through play or games.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.14 no.12
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• pp.723-732
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• 2014

The purpose of this study was to examine the factors influencing copyright protection decision-making among Korean eSports game users. Data collection was conducted over a month at an eSports arena located in Seoul. Of the surveys collected, 354 valid data (88.5% of response rate) were analyzed in SPSS Ver. 20.0 through descriptive statistics, correlation and multiple regression analysis. The results showed that copyright protection decision-making regarding eSports contents was significantly influenced by legal/moral norm, perceive group norm, and past habit/behavior. Among the factors, legal/moral norm was found to be the most influential on copyright protection decision-making.

• Journal of Korea Game Society
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.15-26
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• 2019

In this paper, an interface for the physical interactive game based on the exercise movement was designed. The interface which uses exercise motion detects was designed and applied to the physical interactive game. As a result, this application to the contents was made possible by combining the physical movements that involve motility through the training method. Furthermore, accurate exercise motions that correspond to each situation were induced using the game objects. The developed interface is expected to be used in a physical interactive game that incorporates other types of exercises.

• Journal of Korea Entertainment Industry Association
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.297-309
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• 2021

Many game companies are releasing various games based on mobile platforms, and they are using various marketing strategies such as using celebrities to expand their influence on the initial market. This increases the related cost, which makes the continued development of small and medium-sized game companies more difficult. Therefore, this study attempts to understand consumer values according to the type of mobile game marketing and to explore the factors that affect the switching intention of mobile games based on real users of mobile games. As a result of this study, it was found that the playfulness and economics of mobile game marketing have positive effect on the attitudes towards mobile game advertisements and attitudes towards mobile games, but the attractiveness of mobile game marketing using celebrities does not. It was found that attitudes towards mobile game advertisements and attitudes towards mobile games have an influence on the switching intention of mobile games. Through this, we intend to provide useful implications for small and medium game companies to seek effective marketing plans.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.9 no.7
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• pp.301-308
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• 2018

The study conducted a meta analysis to identify the effects of physical activity programs for the elderly with disabilities. The 14 out of 177 studies, fulfilled the process and requirement, were selected for the Hedges'g, funnel plot, forest plot, Egger's regression test, trim-and-fill, fail-safe N. There were three conclusions based on the results. First, the physical activity was effective for the elderly with disabilities and showed good effects on the psychomotor, cognitive, and affective domains. Second, the physical activity programs of fundamental exercise skill, game and sport, and fitness exercise showed positive effects on the psychomotor, cognitive, and affective domains in the elderly with disabilities. Third, the fundamental exercise skill for the psychomotor domain, the game and sport for the cognitive domain, and the fitness exercise for the affective domain were the most effective for the elderly with disabilities.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.353-361
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• 2013

In this study, to analyze the factors affecting the purchase of smart device applications, research model based on AHP(Analytic Hierarchy Process) model was employed and derived consumers' priorities of smart device game applications in the framework of contents characteristic factors. Survey was conducted with 10 experts who are involved in the smart game industry. The empirical result showed that the most important purchasing factor was story(0.217). And fame(0.171), graphics(0.134), operability(0.111), information(0.093), difficulty(0.085), speed(0.068), characters(0.053), price(0.042), genre(0.028) are presented in order in terms of the importance. The order of consumers' preferences to smart device game application was RPG, Tycoon, action, simulation, sports/leisure, quiz/puzzle/board, etc. gamble. It suggested that under the environment of smart devices consumers could enjoy not only simple puzzle and board game but also complicated and difficult games such as RPG and tycoon game due to the development of smart devices.

• Journal of Korea Game Society
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.73-84
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• 2019

This study is intended to suggest ways to improve the quality of the service of subtitles provided for the convenience of viewing for deaf people on e-sports broadcast content and game streamer content. Generally, subtitling files of broadcast content are manually written on air by stenographers, so a delay of 3 to 5 seconds is inevitable compared to the original content. Therefore, the present study proposed the formation of an automatic synchronization calibration system using speech recognition technology. In addition, a content application experiment using this system was conducted, and the final result confirmed that the time of synchronization error of subtitling data could be reduced to less than 1 second.

• 정보화사회
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• s.180
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• pp.14-17
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• 2006

다가오는 독일 월드컵을 잡기 위한 포털들의 총성 없는 전쟁이 시작됐다. 네이버, 다음, SK커뮤니케이션즈, 야후코리아, 엠파스 등 국내 대표 포털들은 온 국민의 이목이 쏠리는 월드컵을 활용, 진정한 '포털'로 거듭나기 위해 사활을 걸었다. 더욱이 대형 스포츠 이벤트를 통해 기업 이미지 제고와 회원수 증가라는 실질적인 수익원을 확보한다는 게 업체들의 전략. 특히 하위권 포털업체들은 월드컵 마케팅을 통해 상위권 진출도 모색하고 있어 주목된다.

• 건강소식
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• v.34 no.5
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• pp.32-33
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• 2010

산에서 자전거를 탄다? 일반 도로에서 자전거를 타는 것조차 부담스러운 이들에게는 정말이지 먼 세상의 이야기처럼 들릴지도 모른다. 하지만 연령이나 성별의 제한 없이 누구든 즐길 수 있으며, 혼탁한 도시를 벗어나 탁 트인 자연환경을 벗 삼아 즐길 수 있는 짜릿한 무공해 스포츠라면? 게다가 어렵게 도달한 정상엣 하산할 때 묘한 쾌감을 느낄 수도 있는 전신운동에다 심폐기능 향상에도 도움이 된다면 어떤가? 구미가 당기지 않는가? 바로 산악자전거 얘기다.