• Journal of Korea Game Society
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.91-101
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• 2012

The avatar gender, the basic element that constitutes the identity of the MMORPG player, can be created by the player due to the nature of the game through the system provided within the game. Thus, players exhibit a different attitude from reality regarding avatar gender. Gender customization in virtual space is an expansion of the identity in an effort to express one's identity in various ways. A number of users manage avatars with the opposite gender where it was found that male players preferred the female avatar persona. In this study, the player attitudes regarding gender was analyzed using Q methodology and the motivational factors for gender swapping and the generalization phenomenon was determined. This study will be significant as critical standards in the usability evaluation of the MMORPG customization system.

• 한국HCI학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2008.02a
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• pp.1-6
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• 2008

This paper proposes a game controller that provides user motion input and tactile feedback display, in addition to the traditional button-type input. The device utilizes both an accelerometer and an infrared camera in order to estimate 3D position and to recognize user motion. The information from the accelerometer and the camera are integrated for better performance. Various tactile sensations are presented using a voice-coil type vibrator. We apply the proposed controller to a motion-based game and validate its usability.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2006.10b
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• pp.24-29
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• 2006

본 연구에서는 기존의 바둑게임을 모바일에 적합한 6면체 표면에서 가능한 게임으로 사용성을 고려하여 구현 하였다. 모바일 버튼의 단순 조작만으로 가능한 게임이다. 바둑이 모바일용으로 대중화 되지 못한 원인인 제한된 스크린에서 가독성의 한계와 게임 소요 시간을 짧게 개선하여 모바일에 적합하도록 하였다. 기존의 평면바둑판을 가로세로 5줄로 주사위형 6면으로 입체화 하였다. 화면 인터페이스는 바둑판의 6면 중 3면이 동시에 보이는 입체도와 6면을 펼친 전개도가 있다. 입체도는 모바일 버튼 조작에 의한 6면을 상하좌우 회전이 가능하도록 하였다. 입체도와 전개도는 동시에 보는 것을 기본으로 하나 사용자 선택에 의해 두 그림의 크기 위치 등이 다양하게 하였다. 바둑돌의 착점방식은 모바일 버튼 조작에 의해 커서의 이동으로 가능하다. 게임은 네트워크를 이용한 사람과 사람이 가능하도록 약식으로 구현하였다. 게임의 내용은 6면의 입체적 상황을 고려하면서 작전을 세워야 하므로 기존의 평면바둑에 비해 좀더 고난도의 사고와 전략을 요구하는 게임이다. 시간성, 이동성, 평면에서 입체공간으로의 발상의 전환 등, 모바일 특성을 고려하여 바둑게임을 구현하고자 한다.

• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.223-230
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• 2004

A shooting game is all game genres that hit targets through shooting. It include a lot of genres from a flying shot of game room to a personal shooting action game. In this point, a shooting game was regarded it as the origin of all game and it was developed from the early days of game. At present we can meet it in an electronic game room or personal computer, and mobile phone etc.. The popularity of shooting game caused to take aim by simple system, interface, and speedy play. Also it was enticed everyone to enjoy it easily. A shooting games is worked from old like ways until recently and a process of playing game is intuitive than another game. Therefore it popular with a PC player as well as persons of all levels. Beginners can train this game easily through direction such as control way of object, advent way of enemy aircraft and scroll way of background. But as an usability of working and controlling game, beginners of game development can pass over a shooting sense that shout and hit basically. And after design, they will feel that cannot convey realistic effect and thrill etc.. At a result, hitting sense happens to graphic elements and sound. Therefore a measure of effect on these elements is started from analysis of good shooting game. This study was to focus on the advance effect of hitting sense in shooting game through analysis centered for 'the Beetlewing' and '1945 Plus'.

• Journal of Korea Game Society
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• v.16 no.6
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• pp.163-172
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• 2016

This study analyzes the attitudes of users who use the automatic-play function of mobile-games. It also observes changes in different emotions to enjoyment. For the analysis, the Q methodology appropriate for the subjectivity study was used, and it classified two types of attitudes based on the analysis. After the classification, it defined the characteristic of each type based on Lazzaro's theory on classification of fun. Types with high rate of convenience feature dependency utilize automatic-play feature to play games for collecting and growth, and they prefer managing the game outdoors. Another type enjoyed the experience of problem solving through games. They want the process to be a good skill to possess in game-play. There was also a tendency to perceive oneself as the game's character. Both types were responded positively to using automatic-play to play mobile-games. This is expected to be used as important data for game production, leading to usability evaluation for analyzing the emotional sensitivity of mobile game users.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Emotion and Sensibility Conference
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• 2002.05a
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• pp.51-56
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• 2002

Information Technology is becoming ubiquitous. Our lifestyle is changing due to this digital revolution. Many researchers had been working on exploring the meaning and ways to realize the comfortability in physical sites. With the appearance of huge amount of Web sites, which provide a variety of services like electronic commerce, network game, search engines and so on, there are many researchers working on the definition of Web Usability. In this research, we go one step forward, by exploring the meaning of Web Comfortability, based on Kansei Engineering methods.

• Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.651-653
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• 2003

As a result of the project 'Development of core technology for open LBS', we developed several solutions such as personal navigation system, mobile game, and emergency system. In this paper, we explain the approach and architecture of these solutions and consider their meaning on spatial information bases and expectation in the future computing environments. The final goal of this suggested solution is to test the efficiency of our open LBS system and verify the applicability and usability in real application environments. Our approaches will be headed to the future ubiquitous computing environments.

• Journal of Korea Game Society
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• v.21 no.6
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• pp.75-86
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• 2021

Brand image refers to how customers, stakeholders and the market see and recognize the brand. A positive brand image leads to continuous purchases, but a negative brand image is directly linked to consumers' buying behavior, such as stopping purchases, so from the corporate perspective, it needs to be quickly and accurately identified. Currently, methods of investigating brand images include surveys and SNS surveys, which have limited number of samples and are time-consuming and costly. Therefore, in this study, we are going to conduct an emotional analysis of text data on social media by utilizing the machine learning based KoBERT model, and then suggest how to use it for game corporate brand image analysis and verify its performance. The result has proved some degree of usability showing the same ranking within five brands when compared with the BRI Korea's brand reputation ranking.

• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.24 no.7
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• pp.953-965
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• 2021

The research of combining virtual reality technology with the design elements of children's picture book education is a relatively new topic in virtual reality technology in recent years. Based on the combination of picture book design elements with virtual reality technology and the development of a children's picture book teaching game, this article analyzes the effectiveness of the application of virtual reality technology in children's teaching, and explores the usability of picture book design elements in teaching [1]. Through literature research methods, practical research methods and investigation research methods, this paper lucubrates the application of virtual reality technology in the design elements of children's picture book education so as to provide adequate theoretical and practical support for the research theme. The spatial positioning, vision, sound, and functional requirements of children's picture book games play a leading role in teaching. Practical statistics have proved that it is easier to promote children's mastery of teaching knowledge in a virtual environment. Moreover, use VR's game management function and setting function to solve the boringness of traditional education methods and the limitations of the teaching environment. The feasibility of game operation provides a virtual teaching platform system for children's education, and the teaching effect is remarkable.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.15 no.11
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• pp.463-470
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• 2017

Currently, virtual reality contents using VR images are spotlighted since they can be easily created and utilized. But because VR images are in a state of lack of interaction, there are limitations in their applications and usability.In order to overcome this problem, we propose a new method in which 360 degree panorama image and game engine are utilized to develop a high resolution of interactive VR service in real time. In particular, since the background image, which is represented by a form of panorama image, is pre-generated through a heavy rendering computation, it can be used to provide a immersive VR service with a relatively small amount of computation in run time on a low performance device. In order to show the effectiveness of our proposed method, an interactive game of a virtual zoo environment was implemented and illustrated showing that it can improve user interaction and immersion experience in a pretty good way.