The Woods: A Mixed-Reality Multiplayer Cooperative Game

• Published in: HCI in Games: Serious and Immersive Games Vol. 12790; pp. 388 - 397
• Main Authors: Swearingen, Kyoung, Swearingen, Scott
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Springer International Publishing AG 2021; Springer International Publishing
• Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science
• Subjects: Collaborative gaming; Mixed reality; Sonic experience

While loneliness in our real lives is increasingly recognized as having dire physical, mental and emotional consequences, cooperative games have also been shown to build empathy and provide positive social impact. In this paper, we present ‘The Woods’, a local cooperative mixed reality game that pro...