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CHI
2006
ACM
14 years 8 months ago
Improving accessibility of the web with a computer game
Images on the Web present a major accessibility issue for the visually impaired, mainly because the majority of them do not have proper captions. This paper addresses the problem ...
Luis von Ahn, Shiry Ginosar, Mihir Kedia, Ruoran L...
CHI
2006
ACM
14 years 8 months ago
Verbosity: a game for collecting common-sense facts
We address the problem of collecting a database of "common-sense facts" using a computer game. Informally, a common-sense fact is a true statement about the world that i...
Luis von Ahn, Mihir Kedia, Manuel Blum
CHI
2006
ACM
14 years 8 months ago
"Alone together?": exploring the social dynamics of massively multiplayer online games
Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOGs) routinely attract millions of players but little empirical data is available to assess their players' social experiences. In this p...
Nicolas Ducheneaut, Nicholas Yee, Eric Nickell, Ro...
CHI
2005
ACM
14 years 8 months ago
Homophily in online dating: when do you like someone like yourself?
Psychologists have found that actual and perceived similarity between potential romantic partners in demographics, attitudes, values, and attractiveness correlate positively with ...
Andrew T. Fiore, Judith S. Donath
CHI
2004
ACM
14 years 8 months ago
Orchestrating a mixed reality game 'on the ground'
Successfully staging a mixed reality game in which online players are chased through a virtual city by runners located in the real world requires extensive orchestration work. An ...
Andy Crabtree, Steve Benford, Tom Rodden, Chris Gr...