Evaluating game genres for tagging images

Dion Hoe Lian Goh; Rebecca P. Ang; Alton Y.K. Chua; Chei Sian Lee

doi:10.1145/1868914.1868998

Evaluating game genres for tagging images

Dion Hoe Lian Goh, Rebecca P. Ang, Alton Y.K. Chua, Chei Sian Lee

Nanyang Technological University

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Abstract

Applications that use games to harness human intelligence are increasing in popularity and such games are also known as Games With A Purpose (GWAP). Most GWAPs are collaborative in nature, requiring pairs of players to cooperate in a game to receive points. Competitive GWAPs, where players work against each other, are a more recent entrant, and have been argued to address shortcomings of collaborative GWAPs. In this paper, we focus on image tagging GWAPs where users play games to generate tags for images. Three versions were created: collaborative GWAP, competitive GWAP and a control application for manual tagging. The applications were evaluated to uncover users' preferences for these genres as well as the usefulness of the tags generated. Results suggest that the competitive GWAP outperformed the other two applications. Implications of the work are discussed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	NordiCHI 2010
Subtitle of host publication	Extending Boundaries - Proceedings of the 6th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction
Pages	659-662
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/1868914.1868998
Publication status	Published - 2010
Externally published	Yes
Event	6th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Extending Boundaries, NordiCHI 2010 - Reykjavik, Iceland Duration: Oct 16 2010 → Oct 20 2010

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Name	NordiCHI 2010: Extending Boundaries - Proceedings of the 6th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction

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Conference	6th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Extending Boundaries, NordiCHI 2010
Country/Territory	Iceland
City	Reykjavik
Period	10/16/10 → 10/20/10

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
Human-Computer Interaction

Keywords

Games with a purpose
Human computation game
Image tagging
Social computing
User study

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Goh, D. H. L., Ang, R. P., Chua, A. Y. K., & Lee, C. S. (2010). Evaluating game genres for tagging images. In NordiCHI 2010: Extending Boundaries - Proceedings of the 6th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (pp. 659-662). (NordiCHI 2010: Extending Boundaries - Proceedings of the 6th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction). https://doi.org/10.1145/1868914.1868998

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Goh, DHL , Ang, RP , Chua, AYK & Lee, CS 2010, Evaluating game genres for tagging images. in NordiCHI 2010: Extending Boundaries - Proceedings of the 6th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction. NordiCHI 2010: Extending Boundaries - Proceedings of the 6th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, pp. 659-662, 6th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Extending Boundaries, NordiCHI 2010, Reykjavik, Iceland, 10/16/10. https://doi.org/10.1145/1868914.1868998

Evaluating game genres for tagging images. / Goh, Dion Hoe Lian ; Ang, Rebecca P.; Chua, Alton Y.K. et al.
NordiCHI 2010: Extending Boundaries - Proceedings of the 6th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction. 2010. p. 659-662 (NordiCHI 2010: Extending Boundaries - Proceedings of the 6th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction).

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