Investigating the Impact of Annotation Interfaces on Player Performance in Distributed Multiplayer Games

Explore a 20-minute conference talk from the ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems that delves into the effects of visual annotations on player communication and performance in distributed multiplayer games. Learn how researchers studied two different annotation types in a custom-built, third-person multiplayer game to analyze their impact on player experience, workload, and goal completion times. Discover how real-time feedback on planning annotations can enhance collaborative planning, reduce frustration, and improve team performance in virtual game spaces. Gain insights into the challenges of communicating strategic information in distributed gaming environments and how visual annotation interfaces can address these issues to increase player engagement.