In sync with fair play! delivering a synchronized and cheat-preventing second screen gaming experience

Pedro Centieiro; Rui Neves Madeira; Teresa Romão; A. Eduardo Dias; Nuno Correia

doi:10.1145/2832932.2832953

In sync with fair play! delivering a synchronized and cheat-preventing second screen gaming experience

Pedro Centieiro, Rui Neves Madeira, Teresa Romão, A. Eduardo Dias, Nuno Correia

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Abstract

There is a need to deliver personalized experiences in terms of synchronization between television broadcasts and second screen applications to avoid frustrating experiences. However, within a second screen gaming scenario based on TV broadcasts, if players synchronize with a delay higher than the real delay of the TV broadcast, they will have an unfair advantage over the others. To solve this issue, we introduce a software-based solution called Sync2FairPlay that can be integrated in any second screen gaming application. It provides a universal synchronization mechanism that helps users to achieve a pleasant second screen experience, while automatically dealing with cheating to provide a fair gaming experience. We also describe the user tests performed to validate our idea and the different components of Sync2FairPlay.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ACE 2015 - 12th Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology Conference, Proceedings
Publisher	ACM Association for Computing Machinery
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450338523
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2832932.2832953
Publication status	Published - 2015
Event	12th Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology Conference, ACE 2015 - Iskandar, Malaysia Duration: 16 Nov 2015 → 19 Nov 2015

Conference

Conference	12th Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology Conference, ACE 2015
Country	Malaysia
City	Iskandar
Period	16/11/15 → 19/11/15

Keywords

Game cheating
Second screen
Synchronization
TV delays
Ubiquitous personalization
User behavior

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Centieiro, P., Madeira, R. N., Romão, T., Dias, A. E., & Correia, N. (2015). In sync with fair play! delivering a synchronized and cheat-preventing second screen gaming experience. In ACE 2015 - 12th Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology Conference, Proceedings [6] ACM Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/2832932.2832953

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Centieiro, P, Madeira, RN, Romão, T , Dias, AE & Correia, N 2015, In sync with fair play! delivering a synchronized and cheat-preventing second screen gaming experience. in ACE 2015 - 12th Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology Conference, Proceedings., 6, ACM Association for Computing Machinery, 12th Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology Conference, ACE 2015, Iskandar, Malaysia, 16/11/15. https://doi.org/10.1145/2832932.2832953

In sync with fair play! delivering a synchronized and cheat-preventing second screen gaming experience. / Centieiro, Pedro; Madeira, Rui Neves; Romão, Teresa ; Dias, A. Eduardo ; Correia, Nuno.

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