Dominic Kao

According to our database, Dominic Kao authored at least 50 papers between 2013 and 2025.

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2025

Exploring player agency in educational video games.

Amogh Joshi, Christos Mousas, Samin Shahriar Tokey, Dominic Kao

Entertain. Comput., 2025

2024

Exploring the Effects of Self-Correction Behavior of an Intelligent Virtual Character during a Jigsaw Puzzle Co-Solving Task.

Minsoo Choi, Siqi Guo, Alexandros Koilias, Matias Volonte, Dominic Kao, Christos Mousas

ACM Trans. Interact. Intell. Syst., September, 2024

Collaborating with my Doppelgänger: The Effects of Self-similar Appearance and Voice of a Virtual Character during a Jigsaw Puzzle Co-solving Task.

Siqi Guo, Minsoo Choi, Dominic Kao, Christos Mousas

Proc. ACM Comput. Graph. Interact. Tech., May, 2024

Impact of Tutorial Modes with Different Time Flow Rates in Virtual Reality Games.

Boyuan Chen, Xinan Yan, Xuning Hu, Dominic Kao, Hai-Ning Liang

Proc. ACM Comput. Graph. Interact. Tech., May, 2024

Exploring how gender-anonymous voice avatars influence women's performance in online computing group work.

Dominic Kao, Syed T. Mubarrat, Amogh Joshi, Swati Pandita, Christos Mousas, Hai-Ning Liang, Rabindra A. Ratan

Int. J. Hum. Comput. Stud., January, 2024

AI-Based Automatic Detection of Online Teamwork Engagement in Higher Education.

Alejandra J. Magana, Syed Tanzim Mubarrat, Dominic Kao, Bedrich Benes

IEEE Trans. Learn. Technol., 2024

Exploring the Influence of Avatar Skin Tone in VR Educational Games.

Olaoluwa Oyedokun, Syed Tanzim Mubarrat, Amogh Joshi, Christos Mousas, Dominic Kao

Proceedings of the Companion Proceedings of the 2024 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play, 2024

Game Level Design to Evoke Spatial Exploration: The Influence of a Secondary Task.

Pedro Acevedo, Minsoo Choi, Huimin Liu, Dominic Kao, Christos Mousas

Proceedings of the Companion Proceedings of the 2024 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play, 2024

How does Juicy Game Feedback Motivate? Testing Curiosity, Competence, and Effectance.

Dominic Kao, Nick Ballou, Kathrin Gerling, Heiko Breitsohl, Sebastian Deterding

Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2024

2023

Synthesizing Game Levels for Collaborative Gameplay in a Shared Virtual Environment.

Huimin Liu, Minsoo Choi, Dominic Kao, Christos Mousas

ACM Trans. Interact. Intell. Syst., March, 2023

Effect of Frame Rate on User Experience, Performance, and Simulator Sickness in Virtual Reality.

Jialin Wang, Rongkai Shi, Wenxuan Zheng, Weijie Xie, Dominic Kao, Hai-Ning Liang

IEEE Trans. Vis. Comput. Graph., 2023

Effects of Speed of a Collocated Virtual Walker and Proximity Toward a Static Virtual Character on Avoidance Movement Behavior.

Michael G. Nelson, Alexandros Koilias, Dominic Kao, Christos Mousas

Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, 2023

Exploring the Appearance and Voice Mismatch of Virtual Characters.

Minsoo Choi, Alexandros Koilias, Matias Volonte, Dominic Kao, Christos Mousas

Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct, 2023

2022

Emotional and cognitive effects of learning with computer simulations and computer videogames.

Alejandra J. Magana, Jisoo Hwang, Shi Feng, N. Sanjay Rebello, Tianlong Zu, Dominic Kao

J. Comput. Assist. Learn., 2022

The effects of observation in video games: how remote observation influences player experience, motivation, and behaviour.

Dominic Kao

Behav. Inf. Technol., 2022

Zen Hanzi: A Game for Raising Hanzi Component Awareness.

Oleksandra G. Keehl, Dominic Kao, Edward Franklin Melcer

Proceedings of the FDG '22: Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games, 2022

Exploring the Influence of Demographic Factors on Progression and Playtime in Educational Games.

Amogh Joshi, Christos Mousas, D. Fox Harrell, Dominic Kao

Proceedings of the FDG '22: Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games, 2022

Procedural Game Level Design to Trigger Spatial Exploration.

Pedro Acevedo, Minsoo Choi, Huimin Liu, Dominic Kao, Christos Mousas

Proceedings of the FDG '22: Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games, 2022

Towards an Educational Computing Career Exploration Game.

Dominic Kao, Alejandra J. Magana, Olaoluwa Oyedokun, Akash Ravi

Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play, 2022

Audio Matters Too: How Audial Avatar Customization Enhances Visual Avatar Customization.

Dominic Kao, Rabindra A. Ratan, Christos Mousas, Amogh Joshi, Edward F. Melcer

Proceedings of the CHI '22: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, New Orleans, LA, USA, 29 April 2022, 2022

2021

Evaluating virtual reality locomotion interfaces on collision avoidance task with a virtual character.

Christos Mousas, Dominic Kao, Alexandros Koilias, Banafsheh Rekabdar

Vis. Comput., 2021

The Effects of a Self-Similar Avatar Voice in Educational Games.

Dominic Kao, Rabindra A. Ratan, Christos Mousas, Alejandra J. Magana

Proc. ACM Hum. Comput. Interact., 2021

Evaluating Tutorial-Based Instructions for Controllers in Virtual Reality Games.

Dominic Kao, Alejandra J. Magana, Christos Mousas

Proc. ACM Hum. Comput. Interact., 2021

Toward understanding embodied human-virtual character interaction through virtual and tactile hugging.

Dixuan Cui, Dominic Kao, Christos Mousas

Comput. Animat. Virtual Worlds, 2021

Toward Understanding the Effects of Virtual Character Appearance on Avoidance Movement Behavior.

Christos Mousas, Alexandros Koilias, Banafsheh Rekabdar, Dominic Kao, Dimitris Anastasiou

Proceedings of the IEEE Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, 2021

A Systematic Review of Literature on the Effectiveness of Intelligent Tutoring Systems in STEM.

Shi Feng, Alejandra J. Magana, Dominic Kao

Proceedings of the IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, 2021

Fighting COVID-19 at Purdue University: Design and Evaluation of a Game for Teaching COVID-19 Hygienic Best Practices.

Dominic Kao, Amogh Joshi, Christos Mousas, Abhigna Peddireddy, Arjun Kramadhati Gopi, Jianyao Li, John A. Springer, Bethany S. McGowan, Jason B. Reed

Proceedings of the FDG'21: The 16th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games 2021, 2021

Not Very Effective: Validity Issues of the Effectance in Games Scale.

Nick Ballou, Heiko Breitsohl, Dominic Kao, Kathrin Gerling, Sebastian Deterding

Proceedings of the CHI PLAY '21: The Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play, 2021

2020

Infinite Loot Box: A Platform for Simulating Video Game Loot Boxes.

Dominic Kao

IEEE Trans. Games, 2020

The effects of juiciness in an action RPG.

Dominic Kao

Entertain. Comput., 2020

Hack.VR: A Programming Game in Virtual Reality.

Dominic Kao, Christos Mousas, Alejandra J. Magana, D. Fox Harrell, Rabindra A. Ratan, Edward F. Melcer, Brett Sherrick, Paul Parsons, Dmitri A. Gusev

CoRR, 2020

Real and Virtual Environment Mismatching Induces Arousal and Alters Movement Behavior.

Christos Mousas, Dominic Kao, Alexandros Koilias, Banafsheh Rekabdar

Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, 2020

Virtual Reality Racket Sports: Virtual Drills for Exercise and Training.

Huimin Liu, Zhiquan Wang, Christos Mousas, Dominic Kao

Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, 2020

Exploring Help Facilities in Game-Making Software.

Dominic Kao

Proceedings of the FDG '20: International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games, 2020

2019

Exploring how preference and perceived performance vary in different game genres across time of day.

Dominic Kao, J. J. De Simone

Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games, 2019

The effects of anthropomorphic avatars vs. non-anthropomorphic avatars in a jumping game.

Dominic Kao

Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games, 2019

JavaStrike: a Java programming engine embedded in virtual worlds.

Dominic Kao

Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games, 2019

2018

Researching and developing the impacts of virtual identity on computational learning environments.

Dominic Kao

PhD thesis, 2018

The Effects of Badges and Avatar Identification on Play and Making in Educational Games.

Dominic Kao, D. Fox Harrell

Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2018

2017

<i>MazeStar</i>: a platform for studying virtual identity and computer science education.

Dominic Kao, D. Fox Harrell

Proceedings of the International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games, 2017

2016

Exploring the Effects of Encouragement in Educational Games.

Dominic Kao, D. Fox Harrell

Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2016

Exploring the Impact of Avatar Color on Game Experience in Educational Games.

Dominic Kao, D. Fox Harrell

Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2016

2015

Exploring the Construction, Play, Use of Virtual Identities in a STEM Learning Game.

Dominic Kao, D. Fox Harrell

Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games, 2015

Mazzy: A STEM Learning Game.

Dominic Kao, D. Fox Harrell

Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games, 2015

Exigent: An Automatic Avatar Generation System.

Dominic Kao, D. Fox Harrell

Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games, 2015

Toward avatar models to enhance performance and engagement in educational games.

Dominic Kao, D. Fox Harrell

Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE Conference on Computational Intelligence and Games, 2015

Exploring the Impact of Role Model Avatars on Game Experience in Educational Games.

Dominic Kao, D. Fox Harrell

Proceedings of the 2015 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play, 2015

2014

Authoring conversational narratives in games with the Chimeria platform.

D. Fox Harrell, Dominic Kao, Chong-U Lim, Jason Lipshin, Ainsley Sutherland, Julia Makivic, Danielle Olson

Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games, 2014

The Chimeria Platform: User Empowerment through Expressing Social Group Membership Phenomena.

D. Fox Harrell, Dominic Kao, Chong-U Lim, Jason Lipshin, Ainsley Sutherland

Proceedings of the 9th Annual International Conference of the Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations, 2014

2013

Computationally Modeling Narratives of Social Group Membership with the Chimeria System.

D. Fox Harrell, Dominic Kao, Chong-U Lim

Proceedings of the 2013 Workshop on Computational Models of Narrative, 2013