Exertion Games Lab

Exertion Games Lab The Exertion Games Lab researches the future of play and games in order to understand how to design We call it the intersection between gaming and sports.

The Exertion Games Lab researches the future of gaming in order to understand how to design better interactive experiences, in particular games that require intense physical effort from players. Our research is focused on the merging of play and the active human body, drawing from research streams such as interaction design, human-computer interaction and games research. The culture in the Exertio

n Games Lab is one of interdisciplinary work. At the Exertion Games Lab, we do not just philosophize and write about the future, we actively invent it. We emphasize the development of working prototypes in order to fully understand what play is, why we play, and how we will play in the future. We do this because we believe playing and gaming is a fundamental part of what makes us humans who we are, and an understanding of this brings us closer to our vision of a better world filled with interactive technologies that support human values.

Participate in our ✨Augmented Humans 2024✨ workshop happening at Monash University (Caulfield campus), Melbourne, where ...
05/03/2024

Participate in our ✨Augmented Humans 2024✨ workshop happening at Monash University (Caulfield campus), Melbourne, where we explore the future of human-computer interaction through shared bodily control. This hands-on workshop, scheduled for 4th April 2024, explores the intersection of augmented human systems and corporeality. It will equip you with innovative design principles for creating human augmentation in areas such as sports, health, and bodily games. The deadline to apply for the workshop is ✨20th March✨. ⬇️

To apply, scan the QR code on the flyer or visit https://tinyurl.com/sharedcontrolframework.

Be excited as the workshop co-organisers include Florian Mueller, Elise Van Den Hoven, Rakesh Patibanda, Josh Andres, Zhuying Li, Jarrod Knibbe, Nathalie Overdevest, and A***n Saini. 🚀

If you have any questions, email me at [email protected] or DM me.

Today, Rakesh had the pleasure of delivering a guest lecture at The Games Institute, University of Waterloo. The present...
03/11/2023

Today, Rakesh had the pleasure of delivering a guest lecture at The Games Institute, University of Waterloo. The presentation centred around the concept of , the focus of his latest research which was published at .

The interaction and engagement from the audience were stimulating, leading to a rich dialogue about the future of spectatorship in gaming and interactive media.

A special thank you to the team at The Games Institute for facilitating this event, and to Sabrina and Lennart Nacke for the invitation and organisation.

Read more about the publication here:
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3611049

Thanks for DIS Melbourne today! ACM DIS 2022
29/09/2022

Thanks for DIS Melbourne today! ACM DIS 2022

Interested in participating in our flotation tank study? Please email us!
14/08/2022

Interested in participating in our flotation tank study? Please email us!

Our poster boy Nathan at the Faculty Research Day today Monash Information Technology
31/05/2022

Our poster boy Nathan at the Faculty Research Day today Monash Information Technology

27/05/2022

Thanks everyone for our brunch at Higher Ground, thanks Jialin Deng our food expert for organising!

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25/02/2022

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Video shoot in the lab late on Fri night:
17/12/2021

Video shoot in the lab late on Fri night:

Can you tell the cleanup progressed?
16/12/2021

Can you tell the cleanup progressed?

We are conducting a diary study to understand how we use muscle memory while interacting with ourselves and the world ar...
27/07/2021

We are conducting a diary study to understand how we use muscle memory while interacting with ourselves and the world around us in our everyday life. This could include examples such as knowing (without thinking) which side your fridge's door handle is on and how to operate it.

Knowing these details from everyday life examples could help interaction designers understand how to utilise better our existing experience, i.e., the muscle memory of interacting with the world and incorporate it into the design of everyday things.

DM Rakesh Patibanda or email him ([email protected]) if you would like to participate 🚀 🙏

Chief Investigators include Florian Mueller, Elise Van Den Hoven and Rakesh Patibanda!

Congratulations Zhuying for submitting your dissertation, such a nice day to celebrate!
08/04/2021

Congratulations Zhuying for submitting your dissertation, such a nice day to celebrate!

Interesting research at , very good to see the work coming out especially locally from AU and NZ! OzCHI 2020
03/12/2020

Interesting research at , very good to see the work coming out especially locally from AU and NZ! OzCHI 2020

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