Dominic Kao

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Publication Activity (10 Years)

Years Active: 2013-2025
Publications (10 Years): 39

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA (PHD)

Education History

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA

PHD

Publications

Amogh Joshi, Christos Mousas, Samin Shahriar Tokey, Dominic Kao
Exploring player agency in educational video games. Entertain. Comput. 52 (2025)
Dominic Kao, Syed T. Mubarrat, Amogh Joshi, Swati Pandita, Christos Mousas, Hai-Ning Liang, Rabindra A. Ratan
Exploring how gender-anonymous voice avatars influence women's performance in online computing group work. Int. J. Hum. Comput. Stud. 181 (2024)
Boyuan Chen, Xinan Yan, Xuning Hu, Dominic Kao, Hai-Ning Liang
Impact of Tutorial Modes with Different Time Flow Rates in Virtual Reality Games. Proc. ACM Comput. Graph. Interact. Tech. 7 (1) (2024)
Dominic Kao, Nick Ballou, Kathrin Gerling, Heiko Breitsohl, Sebastian Deterding
How does Juicy Game Feedback Motivate? Testing Curiosity, Competence, and Effectance. CHI (2024)
Siqi Guo, Minsoo Choi, Dominic Kao, Christos Mousas
Collaborating with my Doppelgänger: The Effects of Self-similar Appearance and Voice of a Virtual Character during a Jigsaw Puzzle Co-solving Task. Proc. ACM Comput. Graph. Interact. Tech. 7 (1) (2024)
Michael G. Nelson, Alexandros Koilias, Dominic Kao, Christos Mousas
Effects of Speed of a Collocated Virtual Walker and Proximity Toward a Static Virtual Character on Avoidance Movement Behavior. ISMAR (2023)
Minsoo Choi, Alexandros Koilias, Matias Volonte, Dominic Kao, Christos Mousas
Exploring the Appearance and Voice Mismatch of Virtual Characters. ISMAR-Adjunct (2023)
Jialin Wang, Rongkai Shi, Wenxuan Zheng, Weijie Xie, Dominic Kao, Hai-Ning Liang
Effect of Frame Rate on User Experience, Performance, and Simulator Sickness in Virtual Reality. IEEE Trans. Vis. Comput. Graph. 29 (5) (2023)
Huimin Liu, Minsoo Choi, Dominic Kao, Christos Mousas
Synthesizing Game Levels for Collaborative Gameplay in a Shared Virtual Environment. ACM Trans. Interact. Intell. Syst. 13 (1) (2023)
Amogh Joshi, Christos Mousas, D. Fox Harrell, Dominic Kao
Exploring the Influence of Demographic Factors on Progression and Playtime in Educational Games. FDG (2022)
Dominic Kao, Rabindra A. Ratan, Christos Mousas, Amogh Joshi, Edward F. Melcer
Audio Matters Too: How Audial Avatar Customization Enhances Visual Avatar Customization. CHI (2022)
Dominic Kao
The effects of observation in video games: how remote observation influences player experience, motivation, and behaviour. Behav. Inf. Technol. 41 (9) (2022)
Oleksandra G. Keehl, Dominic Kao, Edward Franklin Melcer
Zen Hanzi: A Game for Raising Hanzi Component Awareness. FDG (2022)
Dominic Kao, Alejandra J. Magana, Olaoluwa Oyedokun, Akash Ravi
Towards an Educational Computing Career Exploration Game. CHI PLAY (2022)
Alejandra J. Magana, Jisoo Hwang, Shi Feng, N. Sanjay Rebello, Tianlong Zu, Dominic Kao
Emotional and cognitive effects of learning with computer simulations and computer videogames. J. Comput. Assist. Learn. 38 (3) (2022)
Pedro Acevedo, Minsoo Choi, Huimin Liu, Dominic Kao, Christos Mousas
Procedural Game Level Design to Trigger Spatial Exploration. FDG (2022)
Dominic Kao, Rabindra A. Ratan, Christos Mousas, Amogh Joshi, Edward F. Melcer
Audio Matters Too: How Audial Avatar Customization Enhances Visual Avatar Customization. CoRR (2022)
Dominic Kao, Alejandra J. Magana, Christos Mousas
Evaluating Tutorial-Based Instructions for Controllers in Virtual Reality Games. Proc. ACM Hum. Comput. Interact. 5 (ISS) (2021)
Christos Mousas, Dominic Kao, Alexandros Koilias, Banafsheh Rekabdar
Evaluating virtual reality locomotion interfaces on collision avoidance task with a virtual character. Vis. Comput. 37 (9-11) (2021)
Dominic Kao, Rabindra A. Ratan, Christos Mousas, Alejandra J. Magana
The Effects of a Self-Similar Avatar Voice in Educational Games. Proc. ACM Hum. Comput. Interact. 5 (CHI) (2021)
Christos Mousas, Alexandros Koilias, Banafsheh Rekabdar, Dominic Kao, Dimitris Anastasiou
Toward Understanding the Effects of Virtual Character Appearance on Avoidance Movement Behavior. VR (2021)
Shi Feng, Alejandra J. Magana, Dominic Kao
A Systematic Review of Literature on the Effectiveness of Intelligent Tutoring Systems in STEM. FIE (2021)
Dixuan Cui, Dominic Kao, Christos Mousas
Toward understanding embodied human-virtual character interaction through virtual and tactile hugging. Comput. Animat. Virtual Worlds 32 (3-4) (2021)
Nick Ballou, Heiko Breitsohl, Dominic Kao, Kathrin Gerling, Sebastian Deterding
Not Very Effective: Validity Issues of the Effectance in Games Scale. CHI PLAY (2021)
Dominic Kao, Amogh Joshi, Christos Mousas, Abhigna Peddireddy, Arjun Kramadhati Gopi, Jianyao Li, John A. Springer, Bethany S. McGowan, Jason B. Reed
Fighting COVID-19 at Purdue University: Design and Evaluation of a Game for Teaching COVID-19 Hygienic Best Practices. FDG (2021)
Dominic Kao
Infinite Loot Box: A Platform for Simulating Video Game Loot Boxes. IEEE Trans. Games 12 (2) (2020)
Dominic Kao
Exploring Help Facilities in Game-Making Software. CoRR (2020)
Dominic Kao
The effects of juiciness in an action RPG. Entertain. Comput. 34 (2020)
Dominic Kao
Exploring Help Facilities in Game-Making Software. FDG (2020)
Dominic Kao, Christos Mousas, Alejandra J. Magana, D. Fox Harrell, Rabindra A. Ratan, Edward F. Melcer, Brett Sherrick, Paul Parsons, Dmitri A. Gusev
Hack.VR: A Programming Game in Virtual Reality. CoRR (2020)
Huimin Liu, Zhiquan Wang, Christos Mousas, Dominic Kao
Virtual Reality Racket Sports: Virtual Drills for Exercise and Training. ISMAR (2020)
Christos Mousas, Dominic Kao, Alexandros Koilias, Banafsheh Rekabdar
Real and Virtual Environment Mismatching Induces Arousal and Alters Movement Behavior. VR (2020)
Dominic Kao, J. J. De Simone
Exploring how preference and perceived performance vary in different game genres across time of day. FDG (2019)
Dominic Kao
JavaStrike: a Java programming engine embedded in virtual worlds. FDG (2019)
Dominic Kao
The effects of anthropomorphic avatars vs. non-anthropomorphic avatars in a jumping game. FDG (2019)
Dominic Kao, D. Fox Harrell
The Effects of Badges and Avatar Identification on Play and Making in Educational Games. CHI (2018)
Dominic Kao, D. Fox Harrell
: a platform for studying virtual identity and computer science education. FDG (2017)
Dominic Kao, D. Fox Harrell
Exploring the Impact of Avatar Color on Game Experience in Educational Games. CHI Extended Abstracts (2016)
Dominic Kao, D. Fox Harrell
Exploring the Effects of Encouragement in Educational Games. CHI Extended Abstracts (2016)
Dominic Kao, D. Fox Harrell
Exigent: An Automatic Avatar Generation System. FDG (2015)
Dominic Kao, D. Fox Harrell
Toward avatar models to enhance performance and engagement in educational games. CIG (2015)
Dominic Kao, D. Fox Harrell
Mazzy: A STEM Learning Game. FDG (2015)
Dominic Kao, D. Fox Harrell
Exploring the Construction, Play, Use of Virtual Identities in a STEM Learning Game. FDG (2015)
Dominic Kao, D. Fox Harrell
Exploring the Impact of Role Model Avatars on Game Experience in Educational Games. CHI PLAY (2015)
D. Fox Harrell, Dominic Kao, Chong-U Lim, Jason Lipshin, Ainsley Sutherland
The Chimeria Platform: User Empowerment through Expressing Social Group Membership Phenomena. DH (2014)
D. Fox Harrell, Dominic Kao, Chong-U Lim, Jason Lipshin, Ainsley Sutherland, Julia Makivic, Danielle Olson
Authoring conversational narratives in games with the Chimeria platform. FDG (2014)
D. Fox Harrell, Dominic Kao, Chong-U Lim
Computationally Modeling Narratives of Social Group Membership with the Chimeria System. CMN (2013)

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