Influencing gameplay in support of early synthetic prototyping studies

Influencing gameplay in support of early synthetic prototyping studies

Applicability of Synthetic Environments for Product Design

This paper studies the applicability of Synthetic Environments (SE) for dynamic prototyping in the early phase of product design. For this purpose, a simple SE, built with commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) technology, was employed to support the design of the lid of an X-Ray machine. Psychological experiments, statistical analysis of questionnaires, and user interviews indicated that for the desi...

Split Appearance. Patchy and Coherent Features in Fragments of Gameplay, Mohenjo-daro, Sindh

This paper centers on ancient, generally rather scattered and elusive remains of gameplay. Focusing on a discreteassemblage of game-related artefacts from the Bronze Age Indus Valley urban settlement of Mohenjo-daro, it conductsa detailed study of some of the patchy features to see whether more structured elements thereby can be distinguished.The finds are approached situated in a broader, game...

Students\' Perspective on Factors Influencing Premarital Sexual Intercourse

Introduction: Early initiation of sex increases the risks of unprotected sex, multiple partners, and sexually transmitted infections. The effective factors of premarital sexual intercourse have not been widely studied. Objective: This study aimed at identifying environmental factors influencing premarital sexual intercoursefromthe Iranian youths’ perspective. Materials and M...

Impact of Prototyping Resource Environments and Timing of Awareness of Constraints on Idea Generation in Product Design

Research and development laboratories in universities and firms around the world are trying to maximize innovation with a limited set of resources. However, questions remain about the influence of resource constraints on idea generation in early-stage product design. Multiple embedded case studies were conducted with engineering students and professors at two university campuses in Mexico. Stud...