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Title | ||
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Evaluating the effectiveness of HUDs and diegetic ammo displays in first-person shooter games |
Abstract | ||
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We present an experiment comparing five ammunition display methods in first-person shooter (FPS) games. These included both diegetic (in-game) and heads-up display (HUD) options. HUD displays included a bar, icons, and a counter. Diegetic displays were displayed in-game beside the player's weapon. Two diegetic displays were evaluated: a number and bullets. We compared the performance offered by each ammunition display and player preference towards each. Results indicate that the diegetic "number-in-game" display performed best both in terms of reload time and shots taken between running out of ammunition and reloading. Participants fired an average of 35% fewer shots after running out of ammo with the number-in-game display than with the worst performing display, icons-on-HUD. Reload time was also 26% faster with the number-in-game display than with icons-on-HUD. The number-in-game display was preferred by 70% of participants. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2015 | 10.1109/GEM.2015.7377211 | 2015 IEEE Games Entertainment Media Conference (GEM) |
Keywords | DocType | Citations |
First-person shooter,video games,diegetic,head-up display,interface,ammunition | Conference | 4 |
PageRank | References | Authors |
0.59 | 2 | 4 |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Margaree Peacocke | 1 | 4 | 1.26 |
| Robert J. Teather | 2 | 329 | 33.04 |
| Jacques Carette | 3 | 358 | 38.45 |
| I. Scott MacKenzie | 4 | 4789 | 729.33 |