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A New Framework for Entertainment Computing: From Passive to Active Experience

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Entertainment Computing - ICEC 2005 (ICEC 2005)

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In this paper a new framework for entertainment computing is introduced and discussed. Based on already existing models and concepts the different links and relationships between enjoyment, flow, presence, and different forms of experiences are shown and their contributions to the new framework reviewed. To address the more fundamental and theoretical issues regarding entertainment, we have to utilize existing theories in information processing, enjoyment and flow theory. Some already possible and probably important conclusions for the design of new entertainment system are drawn.

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  1. School of Science and Technology, Kwansei Gakuin University, Kobe-Sanda Campus 2-1, Gakuen, Sanda Hyogo, Japan

    Ryohei Nakatsu

  2. Department of Industrial Design, Technical University Eindhoven, Den Dolech 2, 5612 AZ, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    Matthias Rauterberg

  3. Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California, 3502 Watt Way, Los Angeles, CA, 90089-0281, USA

    Peter Vorderer

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  2. Department of Systems Innovation, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, 1-3, Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, 560-8531, Osaka, Japan

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Nakatsu, R., Rauterberg, M., Vorderer, P. (2005). A New Framework for Entertainment Computing: From Passive to Active Experience. In: Kishino, F., Kitamura, Y., Kato, H., Nagata, N. (eds) Entertainment Computing - ICEC 2005. ICEC 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3711. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11558651_1

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