@inproceedings{e3c8b0540542430fb05cfa87aaa3bc47,
title = "Human-currency interaction{"}: Learning from virtual currency use in China",
abstract = "What happens when the domains of HCI design and money intersect? This paper presents analyses from an ethnographic study of virtual currency use in China to discuss implications for game design, and HCI design more broadly. We found that how virtual currency is perceived, obtained, and spent can critically shape gamers' behavior and experience. Virtual and real currencies can interact in complex ways that promote, extend, and/or interfere with the value and character of game worlds. Bringing money into HCI design heightens existing issues of realness, trust, and fairness, and thus presents new challenges and opportunities for user experience innovation.",
keywords = "China, Digital money, Ethnography, Hci design, Online games, Trust, Virtual currencies, Virtual worlds",
author = "Yang Wang and Mainwaring, {Scott D.}",
year = "2008",
doi = "10.1145/1357054.1357059",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9781605580111",
series = "Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings",
pages = "25--28",
booktitle = "26th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Conference Proceedings, CHI 2008",
note = "26th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2008 ; Conference date: 05-04-2008 Through 10-04-2008",
}