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Description

Make-believe plays a far stronger role in both the design and use of interfaces; games and services than we have come to believe. This edited volume illustrates ways for grasping and utilising that connection to improve interaction; user experiences; and customer value. Useful for designers; undergraduates and researchers alike; this new research provide tools for understanding and applying make-believe in various contexts; ranging from digital tools to physical services. It takes the reader through a world of imagination and intuition applied into efficient practice; with topics including the connection of human-computer interaction (HCI) to make-believe and backstories; the presence of imagination in gamification; gameworlds; virtual worlds and service design; and the believability of make-believe based designs in various contexts. Furthermore; it discusses the challenges inherent in applying make-believe as a basis for interaction design; as well as the enactive mechanism behind it.Whether used as a university textbook or simply used for design inspiration; Digital Make-Believe provides new and efficient insight into approaching interaction in the way in which actual users of devices; software and services can innately utilise it.