Phil Lopes and HEI-Lab researchers received an award for their research into horror games.
The article "Impact of visual and sound orchestration on physiological arousal and tension in a horror game", published in IEEE Transactions in Games", received the 2024 Outstanding Paper award. This recognition emphasises the importance of the study for the academic and game development community.
In an interview, Professor Phil Lopes discusses the possibility of research being seen as a means of exploring how the different configurations of virtual environments and the dynamics of these changes can affect players' anxiety. This analysis opens up new perspectives on the experience of horror games, highlighting the importance of immersion and sensory manipulation, identifying correlations between parameters such as sound, lighting and dynamic events in the virtual environment, and players' physiological responses.
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