13 papers
Theory, Experience, and Instinct: A Glimpse Into AAA Game Processes and How UX Leaders Navigate Pre-Production
Ivana Randelshofer, Joseph Tu, Yifan Cao +3
Foundational decisions shape a project's long-term trajectory, a dynamic that becomes especially evident in the inherent complexity of game pre-production. However, academic framew…
Rushed by Discomfort, Trapped by Immersion: Users' Experiences and Responses to Privacy Deceptive Design in Commercial VR Applications
Hilda Hadan, Michaela Valiquette, Lennart E. Nacke +1
Commercial Virtual Reality (VR) transforms people's virtual experiences but introduces deceptive design opportunities that threaten user privacy. Although privacy deceptive pattern…
Who is Responsible When AI Fails? Mapping Causes, Entities, and Consequences of AI Privacy and Ethical Incidents
Hilda Hadan, Reza Hadi Mogavi, Leah Zhang-Kennedy +1
The rapid growth of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies has raised major privacy and ethical concerns. However, existing AI incident taxonomies and guidelines lack grounding…
The Great AI Witch Hunt: Reviewers Perception and (Mis)Conception of Generative AI in Research Writing
Hilda Hadan, Derrick Wang, Reza Hadi Mogavi +3
Generative AI (GenAI) use in research writing is growing fast. However, it is unclear how peer reviewers recognize or misjudge AI-augmented manuscripts. To investigate the impact o…
Immersive Invaders: Privacy Threats from Deceptive Design in Virtual Reality Games and Applications
Hilda Hadan, Michaela Valiquette, Lennart E. Nacke +1
Virtual Reality (VR) technologies offer immersive experiences but collect substantial user data. While deceptive design is well-studied in 2D platforms, little is known about its m…
Beyond Competitive Gaming: How Casual Players Evaluate and Respond to Teammate Performance
Kaushall Senthil Nathan, Jieun Lee, Derrick M. Wang +4
Teammate performance evaluation fundamentally shapes intervention design in video games. However, our current understanding stems primarily from competitive E-Sports contexts where…