Pejman Mirza-Babaei
Affiliated Faculty
Pejman recently successfully defended his Ph.D. at the University of Sussex (UK) and was hired as an Assistant Professor at UOIT. His research focuses on developing mixed-methods for a better understanding of user experience in engaging entertainment systems. In particular, he is interested in using psychophysiological measurements in combination with other human-computer interaction methods to evaluate the user experience of underdevelopment titles. He worked at Vertical Slice and Player Research (UK), with the focus solely on improving the quality of video games from the player’s viewpoint.
Projects
Publications
Year 2020
Gamification of Older Adults’ Physical Activity: Thematic Analysis of an Eight-Week Experimental Study
Lennart Nacke, Pejman Mirza-Babaei, and Dennis Kappen. 2020. Gamification of Older Adults’ Physical Activity: Thematic Analysis of an Eight-Week Experimental Study. In Frontiers in Computer Science 2: 44. Frontiers.
Older Adults’ Motivation for Physical Activity Using Gamified Technology: An Eight-Week Experimental Study
Dennis Kappen, Pejman Mirza-Babaei, and Lennart Nacke. 2020. Older Adults’ Motivation for Physical Activity Using Gamified Technology: An Eight-Week Experimental Study. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-50249-2_22
Technology Facilitates Physical Activity Through Gamification: A Thematic Analysis of an 8-Week Study
Lennart Nacke, Pejman Mirza-Babaei, and Dennis Kappen. 2020. Technology Facilitates Physical Activity Through Gamification: A Thematic Analysis of an 8-Week Study. In Frontiers in Computer Science - Human-Media Interaction 2: 530309. Frontiers in Computer Science. doi:10.3389/fcomp.2020.530309
Year 2019
Motivational Affordances for Older Adults’ Physical Activity Technology: An Expert Evaluation
Dennis Kappen, Pejman Mirza-Babaei, and Lennart Nacke. 2019. Motivational Affordances for Older Adults’ Physical Activity Technology: An Expert Evaluation. In Human-Computer Interaction. Perspectives on Design. Proceedings of HCI International 2019. LNCS 11566. Springer.
Older Adults’ Physical Activity and Exergames: A Systematic Review
Dennis Kappen, Pejman Mirza-Babaei, and Lennart Nacke. 2019. Older Adults’ Physical Activity and Exergames: A Systematic Review. In International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction 35, 2: 140-167. Taylor & Francis. doi:10.1080/10447318.2018.1441253
User Experience (UX) Research in Games
Lennart Nacke, Pejman Mirza-Babaei, and Anders Drachen. 2019. User Experience (UX) Research in Games. In Extended Abstracts of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - CHI EA '19. Glasgow, Scotland UK. ACM, C25. doi:10.1145/3290607.3298826
Year 2018
Games User Research
Anders Drachen, Pejman Mirza-Babaei, and Lennart Nacke (Eds). 2018. Games User Research. New York, NY. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/oso/9780198794844.001.0001
Games User Research Methods
Pejman Mirza-Babaei, Lennart Nacke, and Anders Drachen. 2018. Games User Research Methods. In Proceedings of the 2018 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play Companion Extended Abstracts - CHI PLAY '18 Extended Abstracts. Melbourne, VIC, Australia. ACM, 1-4. doi:10.1145/3270316.3271548
Games and Play SIG: Engaging Small Developer Communities
Lennart Nacke, Pejman Mirza-Babaei, Katta Spiel, Zachary Toups, and Katherine Isbister. 2018. Games and Play SIG: Engaging Small Developer Communities. In Extended Abstracts of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - CHI EA '18. Montreal, QC, Canada. ACM, SIG11. doi:10.1145/3170427.3185360
Gamification of Older Adults’ Physical Activity: An Eight-Week Study
Dennis Kappen, Pejman Mirza-Babaei, and Lennart Nacke. 2018. Gamification of Older Adults’ Physical Activity: An Eight-Week Study. In Proceedings of the 51st Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS). IEEE, 1207-1216. Online: http://hdl.handle.net/10125/50036
Introduction to biometric measures for Games User Research
Lennart Nacke. 2018. Introduction to biometric measures for Games User Research. In Anders Drachen, Pejman Mirza-Babaei, and Lennart Nacke. Eds. Games User Research. New York, NY. Oxford University Press, 281-299. doi:10.1093/oso/9780198794844.003.0016
Year 2017
Gamification through the Application of Motivational Affordances for Physical Activity Technology
Dennis Kappen, Pejman Mirza-Babaei, and Lennart Nacke. 2017. Gamification through the Application of Motivational Affordances for Physical Activity Technology. In Proceedings of the 2017 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play - CHI PLAY '17. Amsterdam, Netherlands. ACM. doi:10.1145/3116595.3116604
Year 2016
Games User Research (GUR) for Indie Studios
Naeem Moosajee and Pejman Mirza-Babaei. 2016. Games User Research (GUR) for Indie Studios. In Proceedings of CHI 2016 Extended Abstracts. San Jose, CA. ACM. doi:10.1145/2851581.2892408
Lightweight Games User Research for Indies and Non-Profit Organizations
Lennart Nacke, Christiane Moser, Anders Drachen, Pejman Mirza-Babaei, Andrea Abney, and Zhu (Cole) Zhenyu. 2016. Lightweight Games User Research for Indies and Non-Profit Organizations. In Proceedings of the 34th Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts - CHI EA '16. San Jose, CA, USA. ACM. doi:10.1145/2851581.2856504
Playtesting for indie studios
Pejman Mirza-Babaei, Naeem Moosajee, and Brandon Drenikow. 2016. Playtesting for indie studios. In Proceedings of the 20th International Academic Mindtrek Conference (AcademicMindtrek '16): 366-374. New York, NY, USA. ACM. doi:10.1145/2994310.2994364
Year 2015
Actionable Inexpensive Games User Research.
Lennart Nacke, Steve Engels, and Pejman Mirza-Babaei. 2015. Actionable Inexpensive Games User Research.. In Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems. ACM, 2461–2462. doi:10.1145/2702613.2706681
Year 2014
Engaged by Boos and Cheers: The Effect of Co-Located Game Audiences on Social Player Experience
Dennis Kappen, Pejman Mirza-Babaei, Jens Johannsmeier, Daniel Buckstein, James Robb, and Lennart Nacke. 2014. Engaged by Boos and Cheers: The Effect of Co-Located Game Audiences on Social Player Experience. In Proceedings of CHI PLAY 2014. Toronto, ON, Canada. ACM, 151-160. doi:10.1145/2658537.2658687
Games and Entertainment Community SIG: Reaching Beyond CHI
Lennart Nacke, Pejman Mirza-Babaei, Magy Seif El-Nasr, Heather Desurvire, and Regina Bernhaupt. 2014. Games and Entertainment Community SIG: Reaching Beyond CHI. In Proceedings of CHI EA 2014. Toronto, ON, Canada. ACM, 1123-1126. doi:10.1145/2559206.2559216
Introducing the Biometric Storyboards Tool for Games User Research
Pejman Mirza-Babaei and Lennart Nacke. 2014. Introducing the Biometric Storyboards Tool for Games User Research. In Proceedings of IEEE GEM 2014. Toronto, ON, Canada. IEEE, 1-7. doi:10.1109/GEM.2014.7048098
Player Experience: Mixed Methods and Reporting Results
Veronica Zammitto, Pejman Mirza-Babaei, Ian Livingston, Marina Kobayashi, and Lennart Nacke. 2014. Player Experience: Mixed Methods and Reporting Results. In Proceedings of CHI EA 2014. Toronto, ON, Canada. ACM, 147-150. doi:10.1145/2559206.2559239
Understanding Expectations with Multiple Controllers in an Augmented Reality Videogame
Pejman Mirza-Babaei, Nathan Gale, João Costa, Lennart Nacke, and Daniel Johnson. 2014. Understanding Expectations with Multiple Controllers in an Augmented Reality Videogame. In Proceedings of CHI PLAY 2014. Toronto, ON, Canada. ACM, 201-206. doi:10.1145/2658537.2658705
Unified Visualization of Quantitative and Qualitative Playtesting Data
Pejman Mirza-Babaei, Günter Wallner, Graham McAllister, and Lennart Nacke. 2014. Unified Visualization of Quantitative and Qualitative Playtesting Data. In Proceedings of CHI EA 2014. Toronto, ON, Canada. ACM, 1363-1368. doi:10.1145/2559206.2581224
Year 2013
Assessing User Preference of Video Game Controller Button Settings
William Ellick, Pejman Mirza-Babaei, Sharon Wood, Duncan Smith, and Lennart Nacke. 2013. Assessing User Preference of Video Game Controller Button Settings. In Proceedings of CHI EA 2013. Paris, France. ACM, 1107-1112. doi:10.1145/2468356.2468554
Games User Research: Practice, Methods, and Applications
Pejman Mirza-Babaei, Veronica Zammitto, Joerg Niesenhaus, Mirweis Sangin, and Lennart Nacke. 2013. Games User Research: Practice, Methods, and Applications. In Proceedings of CHI EA 2013. Paris, France. ACM, 3219-3222. doi:10.1145/2468356.2479651
How Does It Play Better? Exploring User Testing and Biometric Storyboards in Games User Research
Pejman Mirza-Babaei, Lennart Nacke, John Gregory, Nick Collins, and Geraldine Fitzpatrick. 2013. How Does It Play Better? Exploring User Testing and Biometric Storyboards in Games User Research. In Proceedings of CHI 2012. Paris, France. ACM, 1499-1508. doi:10.1145/2470654.2466200
Introducing a Biometric Storyboards Tool for Games User Research
Pejman Mirza-Babaei, Lennart Nacke, and John Gregory. 2013. Introducing a Biometric Storyboards Tool for Games User Research. Toronto, ON, Canada. IEEE. doi:10.1109/GEM.2014.7048098
Storyboarding for Games User Research
Pejman Mirza-Babaei and Lennart Nacke. 2013. Storyboarding for Games User Research. Online: https://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/186514/storyboarding_for_games_user_.php
Year 2012
Biometric Storyboards: An Industry-Friendly Method for Evaluating Affect and User Experience in Games
Pejman Mirza-Babaei and Lennart Nacke. 2012. Biometric Storyboards: An Industry-Friendly Method for Evaluating Affect and User Experience in Games. Online: http://acagamic.com/wp-publications/mirzabiometric/
Biometric Storyboards: Visualising Game User Research Data
Pejman Mirza-Babaei, Lennart Nacke, Geraldine Fitzpatrick, Gareth White, Graham McAllister, and Nick Collins. 2012. Biometric Storyboards: Visualising Game User Research Data. In Proceedings of CHI EA 2012. Austin, TX, United States. ACM, 2315-2320. doi:10.1145/2212776.2223795
CycloShoot: A first-person shooter fitness game on a bicycle
Matthias Klauser, Daniel Stepchenko , Pejman Mirza-Babaei, and Lennart Nacke. 2012. CycloShoot: A first-person shooter fitness game on a bicycle. Online: https://www.academia.edu/6177666/CycloShoot_A_first_person_shooter_fitness_game_on_a_bicycle