1. Why Emote Does emotes enhance game play?

2. Hypothesis Emotes enhances game play –Amplifies emotions –Transmits feelings into the game World of Warcraft –Laugh emote –Unconsciously attachment

3. Emotes MUD’s ‘n MMO’s –Text based –Graphical IRC, Messenger etc. –Slaps –Smilies

4. Emotes are more than body animation Facial animation / Sound –Theater – back row Feelings are virtual –In the real world –In virtual worlds Lord of the rings – Gollum/Sméagol –Feel with the creature

5. Player – Avatar relations Embodiment of player Factors of perceiving the avatar –View 1 st person 3 rd person –Player – Avatar interaction Mouse interaction Keyboard interaction

6. Answering the hypothesis So does emotes enhance the game experience? Questionnaire –20 easy questions –Comment field on the hypothesis

7. Survey group

8. Direct question

9. Results

10. VCS impact

11. Conclusion Adding content to games enhances the game experience Partly answered –Object for more research –Interviews Both female questionnaires rated the happy score to 10 –Women like gifts

12. Questions & Discussion

13. Methods Observing –Qualitative –Observers interpretation Interviewing –Qualitative –Situational Questionnaire –Quantitative

14. Questionnaire Maximizing the number of filled out questionnaires –Target group –Partial answers –Easy to fill out –Anonymity & confidentiality