Martin Johannes Dechant

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CHI '262nd AuthorGame UX & Player Behavior +3

Queering Character Creation: Player Perspectives on Choosing Characters' Gender and Sexual Orientation in Role-Playing Games

Role-playing games allow players to explore a digital world through a character's eyes. For minority groups, such as queer players, representation is not a given when playing popular role-playing games. We surveyed a diverse sample of 464 queer and non-queer players and followed up with 31 in-depth interviews. We aske…

CHI '252nd AuthorTechnology Ethics & Critical HCI +1

Exploring Positionality in HCI: Perspectives, Trends, and Challenges

Positionality acknowledges that researchers’ subjectivities, values and experiences influence approaches to and outcomes of research. It underlines and promotes self-awareness and explicit demonstration of reflexivity. To understand how positionality is conceptualised and used in HCI, we conducted two studies: (i) a s…

DIS '242nd AuthorMixed Reality Workspaces +1

Exploring the Design Space of Input Modalities for Working in Mixed Reality on Long-haul Flights

Flexible working, including in resource-constrained settings such as long-haul flights, poses considerable challenges. While research in mixed reality (MR) offers the potential for enhancing experiences of working on airplanes (WoA), what input modalities and interactions might be suitable for such workspaces is under…

CHI '24CorrespondingSocial & Collaborative VR +1

Navigating the Virtual Gaze: Social Anxiety's Role in VR proxemics

For individuals with Social Anxiety (SA), interacting with others can be a challenging experience, a concern that extends into the virtual world. While technology has made significant strides in creating more realistic virtual human agents (VHA), the interplay of gaze and interpersonal distance when interacting with V…

CHI '243rd AuthorGame UX & Player Behavior +2

Cheat Codes as External Support for Players Navigating Fear of Failure and Self-Regulation Challenges In Digital Games

Failure is an integral element of most games, and while some players may benefit from external support, such as cheat codes, to prompt self-soothing, most games lack supportive elements. We asked participants (N=88) to play Anno 1404 in single-player mode, and presented a money-generating cheat code in a challenging s…

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