Nelson Zagalo

According to our database, Nelson Zagalo authored at least 52 papers between 2003 and 2025.

Collaborative distances:

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2025

Assessment of Eye-Tracking Data for User Experience in Smart Home Appliances.

Sreeram Kongeseri, Liliana Vale Costa, Samuel S. Silva, Bernardo Marques, Nelson Zagalo

Proceedings of the HCI International 2025 Posters, 2025

"Gaming Token Feelings Do not Show": Exploring the Implications of Interoperable Game Assets into the Game Experience.

Liliana Vale Costa, Leonardo Catalano, Nelson Zagalo, João Abrantes, Ana Patricia Oliveira

Proceedings of the HCI International 2025 Posters, 2025

Effects of a Pilot Virtual Reminiscence Intervention to Promote Storytelling in Older Adults with Dementia.

Pedro Reisinho, Rui Raposo, Óscar Ribeiro, Nelson Zagalo, Juliana Silva

Proceedings of the Extended Reality - International Conference, 2025

2024

Digital Media Doctorates: Trends, Methodologies and Contributions.

Francisca Toledo Rocha Lourenço, Lorena Sousa, Oksana Tymoshchuk, Fábio Ferreira, Mónica Silva, Lídia Oliveira, Nelson Zagalo

Proceedings of the Good Practices and New Perspectives in Information Systems and Technologies, 2024

Interactive Narrative in Virtual Reminiscence Therapy to Stimulate Memory and Communication in People with Dementia.

Pedro Reisinho, Rui Raposo, Nelson Zagalo, Óscar Ribeiro

Proceedings of the 2024 8th International Conference on Medical and Health Informatics, 2024

The Power of Information Visualization for Understanding the Impact of Digital Media Projects.

Mónica Silva, Lersi Durán, Sofia Bermudez, Fábio Ferreira, Oksana Tymoshchuk, Lídia Oliveira, Nelson Zagalo

Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, 2024

From Data to Insights: Research Centre Performance Assessment Model (PAM).

Oksana Tymoshchuk, Mónica Silva, Nelson Zagalo, Lídia Oliveira

Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, 2024

An Analysis of the Sense of Presence and Cybersickness in Virtual Reality: The Influence of Content Type, Exposure Time, and Gender.

Pedro Reisinho, Cátia Silva, Maria Ferreira, Rui Raposo, Mário Vairinhos, Nelson Zagalo

Proceedings of the Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality, 2024

Promoting Nutrition Literacy and Food Neophilia of Middle School Children Through a Serious Hybrid Game.

Sofia da Costa, Ana Patricia Oliveira, Nelson Zagalo, Elisabete Pinto

Proceedings of the Human-Centered Design, Operation and Evaluation of Mobile Communications, 2024

From Entertainment to Mental Health Awareness: the "Debris" Case.

Dalila Martins, Nelson Zagalo, Ana Patricia Oliveira

Proceedings of the IEEE Gaming, Entertainment, and Media Conference, 2024

2023

Towards participatory activities with augmented reality for cultural heritage: A literature review.

Cátia Silva, Nelson Zagalo, Mário Vairinhos

Comput. Educ. X Real., December, 2023

'Push the Industrial Complexity Away': A Vision for using Data Collection and Mixed Reality as an Analysis Tool in Industrial Product Co-Design.

Bernardo Marques, Liliana Vale Costa, Pedro Reisinho, Cátia Silva, Samuel S. Silva, Nelson Zagalo

Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops, 2023

Peak-end rule in narrative videogames: analysis of players' perceptions on social media about "The Last of Us Part II" and "God of War".

Dalila Martins, Ana Patricia Oliveira, Nelson Zagalo

Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games, 2023

Motivation and flow experience as crucial factors in the completion of narrative games.

Dalila Martins, Nelson Zagalo, Ana Patricia Oliveira

Proceedings of the 2023 DiGRA International Conference: Limits and Margins of Games Settings, 2023

Almeida Star Defense: A Combination of History and Game for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage.

Alice Coanhas, Cátia Silva, Nelson Zagalo

Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Digital and Interactive Arts, 2023

2022

Serious Games in Spatial Planning: Strengths, Limitations and Support Frameworks.

Micael Sousa, António Pais Antunes, Nuno Pinto, Nelson Zagalo

Int. J. Serious Games, 2022

Editorial: Digital/Online Networks in Everyday Life During Pandemics.

Pilar Lacasa, Nelson Zagalo, Martin Emmer

Frontiers Comput. Sci., 2022

Know Me: Promoting Gender Equality in Education Through an Interactive Digital Narrative.

Ana Colaço, Ana Patricia Oliveira, Nelson Zagalo

Proceedings of the Technology and Innovation in Learning, Teaching and Education, 2022

A Systematic Literature Review of Virtual Reality-based Reminiscence Therapy for People with Cognitive Impairment or Dementia.

Pedro Reisinho, Rui Raposo, Nelson Zagalo

Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Interactive Media, 2022

2021

The Systems and Methods of Game Design.

Pedro Pinto Neves, Nelson Zagalo

Inf., 2021

Game Design as an Autonomous Research Subject.

Pedro Pinto Neves, Nelson Zagalo

Inf., 2021

Defining the Mechanisms for Engagement Design Protocol Towards the Development of Analogue and Hybrid Serious Games: Learning from FlavourGame.

Micael Sousa, Ana Patricia Oliveira, Pedro Cardoso, Nelson Zagalo, Mário Vairinhos

Proceedings of the Serious Games - Joint International Conference, 2021

Tangible Interfaces and Augmented Reality in a Nutrition Serious Game for Kids.

Pedro Reisinho, Cátia Silva, Mário Vairinhos, Ana Patricia Oliveira, Nelson Zagalo

Proceedings of the 9th IEEE International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health, 2021

Beats and Units Framework: A Story-Game Integration Framework for the Ideation Stage of Narrative Design of Serious Games.

Nelson Zagalo, Ana Patricia Oliveira, Pedro Cardoso

Proceedings of the Interactive Storytelling, 2021

Mechanics or Mechanisms: defining differences in analog games to support game design.

Micael Sousa, Nelson Zagalo, Ana Patricia Oliveira

Proceedings of the 2021 IEEE Conference on Games (CoG), 2021

2020

Engagement Design - Designing for Interaction Motivations

Nelson Zagalo

Human-Computer Interaction Series, Springer, ISBN: 978-3-030-37084-8, 2020

Challenges of Developing a Mobile Game for Children with Down Syndrome to Test Gestural Interface.

Lizie Sancho Nascimento, Nelson Zagalo, Laura Bezerra Martins

Inf., 2020

Creative Process for Designing a Hybrid Game for Nutrition Education.

Pedro Reisinho, Cátia Silva, Nelson Zagalo, Mário Vairinhos, Ana Patricia Oliveira

Proceedings of the Technology and Innovation in Learning, Teaching and Education, 2020

Towards a new hybrid game model: designing tangible experiences.

Ana Patricia Oliveira, Micael Sousa, Mário Vairinhos, Nelson Zagalo

Proceedings of the 8th IEEE International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health, 2020

Creative Process of Pre-production of Video Games - Multidisciplinary Model Approach of Historical Imaginary that Contributes to Generate Engagement.

Raquel Echeandía Sánchez, Nelson Zagalo, Sara Cortés Gómez

Proceedings of the Interactivity and Game Creation, 2020

2018

<i>t-books</i>: A block interface for young children's narrative construction.

Cristina Sylla, Íris Susana Pires Pereira, Eva Brooks, Nelson Zagalo

Int. J. Child Comput. Interact., 2018

2017

Arbor: Interactive Sculpture - From the Tree of Letters to the Tree of Words.

Ana Cristina Marques, Rui Manuel Agostinho Gaspar, Nelson Zagalo

Int. J. Creative Interfaces Comput. Graph., 2017

2015

The Creative Revolution That Is Changing the World.

Nelson Zagalo, Pedro Branco

Proceedings of the Creativity in the Digital Age., 2015

2014

Merging Physical and Digital White Canvas to Unleash Children's Creativity.

Cristina Sylla, Ana Carina Figueiredo, Ana Lucia Pinto, Pedro Branco, Nelson Zagalo

Proceedings of the 2014 Workshops on Advances in Computer Entertainment Conference, 2014

Merry go round: a physical, virtual, physical... toy.

Ana Carina Figueiredo, Cristina Sylla, Pedro Branco, Nelson Zagalo

Proceedings of the 11th Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology, 2014

2013

Bridging book: a not-so-electronic children picturebook.

Ana Carina Figueiredo, Ana Lucia Pinto, Nelson Zagalo, Pedro Branco

Proceedings of the 2013 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2013

Bridging books: the printed book as a support for digital experiences.

Ana Lucia Pinto, Nelson Zagalo, Cristina Sylla, Natalie Freed, Ana Carina Figueiredo, Jie Qi, Pedro Branco, Maria Eduarda Coquet

Proceedings of the Interaction Design and Children 2013, 2013

Bridging book: a not-so-electronic children's picturebook.

Ana Carina Figueiredo, Ana Lucia Pinto, Pedro Branco, Nelson Zagalo, Maria Eduarda Coquet

Proceedings of the Interaction Design and Children 2013, 2013

2012

Thin slices of interaction: predicting users' task difficulty within 60 sec.

João Pedro Ferreira, Marta Noronha e Sousa, Nuno Branco, Manuel João Ferreira, Nuno Otero, Nelson Zagalo, Pedro Branco

Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2012

2011

Instantiating the creation process in digital art for serious games design.

Adérito Fernandes Marcos, Nelson Zagalo

Entertain. Comput., 2011

An approach about health games to social network environment.

Anabela Pinho, Hugo Paredes, Nelson Zagalo

Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE 1st International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health, 2011

Blink: observing thin slices of behavior to determine users' expectation towards task difficulty.

Nuno Branco, João Pedro Ferreira, Marta Noronha e Sousa, Pedro Branco, Nuno Otero, Nelson Zagalo, Manuel João Ferreira

Proceedings of the International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2011

2010

Ecommerce in virtual worlds - a 'just do it' approach?

Ana Boa-Ventura, Nelson Zagalo

J. Theor. Appl. Electron. Commer. Res., 2010

Understanding Virtual Actors.

Rogério E. da Silva, Ido Aharon Iurgel, Manuel Filipe dos Santos, Pedro Branco, Nelson Zagalo

Proceedings of the 2010 Brazilian Symposium on Games and Digital Entertainment, 2010

Users and Evaluation of Interactive Storytelling.

Nelson Zagalo, Sandy Louchart, María T. Soto-Sanfiel

Proceedings of the Interactive Storytelling, 2010

2009

The Creation Process in Digital Art.

Adérito Fernandes Marcos, Pedro Sérgio Branco, Nelson Troca Zagalo

Proceedings of the Handbook of Multimedia for Digital Entertainment and Arts, 2009

2008

Character emotion experience in virtual environments.

Nelson Zagalo, Ana Torres

Vis. Comput., 2008

2006

INSCAPE: Emotion Expression and Experience in an Authoring Environment.

Nelson Zagalo, Stefan Göbel, Ana Torres, Rainer Malkewitz, Vasco A. Branco

Proceedings of the Technologies for Interactive Digital Storytelling and Entertainment, 2006

Passive Interactivity, an Answer to Interactive Emotion.

Nelson Zagalo, Ana Torres, Vasco A. Branco

Proceedings of the Entertainment Computing, 2006

2005

Emotional Spectrum Developed by Virtual Storytelling.

Nelson Zagalo, Ana Torres, Vasco A. Branco

Proceedings of the Virtual Storytelling, 2005

2004

Story reaction structures to emotion detection.

Nelson Zagalo, Anthony Barker, Vasco A. Branco

Proceedings of the 1st ACM Workshop on Story Representation, Mechanism and Context, 2004

2003

From the Necessity of Film Closure to Inherent VR Wideness.

Nelson Zagalo, Vasco A. Branco, Anthony Barker

Proceedings of the Virtual Storytelling; Using Virtual Reality Technologies for Storytelling, 2003