Dominic Kao

61 papers A* 10C 14Misc 3Journal 24Unranked 9
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 A* conf
Game-Based and Gamified Robotics Education: A Comparative Systematic Review and Design Guidelines.
CHI
Syed Tanzim Mubarrat, Byung-Cheol Min, Tianyu Shao, E. Cho Smith, Bedrich Benes, Alejandra J. Magana, Christos Mousas, Dominic Kao
2026 J jnl
Game-Based and Gamified Robotics Education: A Comparative Systematic Review and Design Guidelines.
CoRR
Syed T. Mubarrat, Byung-Cheol Min, Tianyu Shao, E. Cho Smith, Bedrich Benes, Alejandra J. Magana, Christos Mousas, Dominic Kao
2026 A* conf
On the Intelligence and Knowledgeability of Virtual Agents.
CHI
Fu Chia Yang, Minsoo Choi, Dominic Kao, Christos Mousas
2026 A* conf
Out of Control: Effects of Multimodal Self-similarity on Embodiment During Autonomous Avatar Demonstrations in Virtual Reality.
CHI
Siqi Guo, Fengze Zhang, Claudia Krogmeier, Dominic Kao, Christos Mousas
2025 J jnl
Design Considerations for Virtual Self-Representation in Educational Games.
IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications
Melissa T. Kronenberger, Hai-Ning Liang, Christos Mousas, Dominic Kao
2025 J jnl
Exploring player agency in educational video games.
Entertain. Comput.
Amogh Joshi, Christos Mousas, Samin Shahriar Tokey, Dominic Kao
2025 J jnl
Let's Do It My Way: Effects of Personality and Age of Virtual Characters.
IEEE Trans. Vis. Comput. Graph.
Minsoo Choi, Dixuan Cui, Siqi Guo, Dominic Kao, Christos Mousas
2025 J jnl
PRIMT: Preference-based Reinforcement Learning with Multimodal Feedback and Trajectory Synthesis from Foundation Models.
CoRR
Ruiqi Wang, Dezhong Zhao, Ziqin Yuan, Tianyu Shao, Guohua Chen, Dominic Kao, Sungeun Hong, Byung-Cheol Min
2025 J jnl
Toward Understanding the Effects of Intelligence of a Virtual Character during an Immersive Jigsaw Puzzle Co-Solving Task.
ACM Trans. Appl. Percept.
Minsoo Choi, Dixuan Cui, Matias Volonte, Alexandros Koilias, Dominic Kao, Christos Mousas
2025 — conf
Towards Understanding the Impact of AI-Generated Visual and Vocal Self-Similarity on Avatar Identification, Motivation, and Engagement in Educational Games.
CHI PLAY (Companion)
Tianyu Shao, Olaoluwa Oyedokun, Christos Mousas, Dominic Kao
2024 J jnl
AI-Based Automatic Detection of Online Teamwork Engagement in Higher Education.
IEEE Trans. Learn. Technol.
Alejandra J. Magana, Syed Tanzim Mubarrat, Dominic Kao, Bedrich Benes
2024 J jnl
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.
Siqi Guo, Minsoo Choi, Dominic Kao, Christos Mousas
2024 J jnl
Exploring how gender-anonymous voice avatars influence women's performance in online computing group work.
Int. J. Hum. Comput. Stud.
Dominic Kao, Syed T. Mubarrat, Amogh Joshi, Swati Pandita, Christos Mousas, Hai-Ning Liang, Rabindra A. Ratan
2024 J jnl
Exploring the Effects of Self-Correction Behavior of an Intelligent Virtual Character during a Jigsaw Puzzle Co-Solving Task.
ACM Trans. Interact. Intell. Syst.
Minsoo Choi, Siqi Guo, Alexandros Koilias, Matias Volonte, Dominic Kao, Christos Mousas
2024 — conf
Exploring the Influence of Avatar Skin Tone in VR Educational Games.
CHI PLAY (Companion)
Olaoluwa Oyedokun, Syed Tanzim Mubarrat, Amogh Joshi, Christos Mousas, Dominic Kao
2024 — conf
Game Level Design to Evoke Spatial Exploration: The Influence of a Secondary Task.
CHI PLAY (Companion)
Pedro Acevedo, Minsoo Choi, Huimin Liu, Dominic Kao, Christos Mousas
2024 A* conf
How does Juicy Game Feedback Motivate? Testing Curiosity, Competence, and Effectance.
CHI
Dominic Kao, Nick Ballou, Kathrin Gerling, Heiko Breitsohl, Sebastian Deterding
2024 J jnl
Impact of Tutorial Modes with Different Time Flow Rates in Virtual Reality Games.
Proc. ACM Comput. Graph. Interact. Tech.
Boyuan Chen, Xinan Yan, Xuning Hu, Dominic Kao, Hai-Ning Liang
2023 J jnl
Effect of Frame Rate on User Experience, Performance, and Simulator Sickness in Virtual Reality.
IEEE Trans. Vis. Comput. Graph.
Jialin Wang, Rongkai Shi, Wenxuan Zheng, Weijie Xie, Dominic Kao, Hai-Ning Liang
2023 A* conf
Effects of Speed of a Collocated Virtual Walker and Proximity Toward a Static Virtual Character on Avoidance Movement Behavior.
ISMAR
Michael G. Nelson, Alexandros Koilias, Dominic Kao, Christos Mousas
2023 — conf
Exploring the Appearance and Voice Mismatch of Virtual Characters.
ISMAR-Adjunct
Minsoo Choi, Alexandros Koilias, Matias Volonte, Dominic Kao, Christos Mousas
2023 J jnl
Synthesizing Game Levels for Collaborative Gameplay in a Shared Virtual Environment.
ACM Trans. Interact. Intell. Syst.
Huimin Liu, Minsoo Choi, Dominic Kao, Christos Mousas
2022 A* conf
Audio Matters Too: How Audial Avatar Customization Enhances Visual Avatar Customization.
CHI
Dominic Kao, Rabindra A. Ratan, Christos Mousas, Amogh Joshi, Edward F. Melcer
2022 J jnl
Audio Matters Too: How Audial Avatar Customization Enhances Visual Avatar Customization.
CoRR
Dominic Kao, Rabindra A. Ratan, Christos Mousas, Amogh Joshi, Edward F. Melcer
2022 J jnl
Emotional and cognitive effects of learning with computer simulations and computer videogames.
J. Comput. Assist. Learn.
Alejandra J. Magana, Jisoo Hwang, Shi Feng, N. Sanjay Rebello, Tianlong Zu, Dominic Kao
2022 C conf
Exploring Relevance, Meaningfulness, and Perceived Learning in Entertainment Games.
DiGRA
Rhea Sharma, Edward F. Melcer, Dominic Kao
2022 C conf
Exploring the Influence of Demographic Factors on Progression and Playtime in Educational Games.
FDG
Amogh Joshi, Christos Mousas, D. Fox Harrell, Dominic Kao
2022 C conf
Procedural Game Level Design to Trigger Spatial Exploration.
FDG
Pedro Acevedo, Minsoo Choi, Huimin Liu, Dominic Kao, Christos Mousas
2022 J jnl
The effects of observation in video games: how remote observation influences player experience, motivation, and behaviour.
Behav. Inf. Technol.
Dominic Kao
2022 Misc conf
Towards an Educational Computing Career Exploration Game.
CHI PLAY
Dominic Kao, Alejandra J. Magana, Olaoluwa Oyedokun, Akash Ravi
2022 C conf
Zen Hanzi: A Game for Raising Hanzi Component Awareness.
FDG
Oleksandra G. Keehl, Dominic Kao, Edward Franklin Melcer
2021 C conf
A Systematic Review of Literature on the Effectiveness of Intelligent Tutoring Systems in STEM.
FIE
Shi Feng, Alejandra J. Magana, Dominic Kao
2021 J jnl
Evaluating Tutorial-Based Instructions for Controllers in Virtual Reality Games.
Proc. ACM Hum. Comput. Interact.
Dominic Kao, Alejandra J. Magana, Christos Mousas
2021 J jnl
Evaluating virtual reality locomotion interfaces on collision avoidance task with a virtual character.
Vis. Comput.
Christos Mousas, Dominic Kao, Alexandros Koilias, Banafsheh Rekabdar
2021 C conf
Fighting COVID-19 at Purdue University: Design and Evaluation of a Game for Teaching COVID-19 Hygienic Best Practices.
FDG
Dominic Kao, Amogh Joshi, Christos Mousas, Abhigna Peddireddy, Arjun Kramadhati Gopi, Jianyao Li, John A. Springer, Bethany S. McGowan, Jason B. Reed
2021 Misc conf
Not Very Effective: Validity Issues of the Effectance in Games Scale.
CHI PLAY
Nick Ballou, Heiko Breitsohl, Dominic Kao, Kathrin Gerling, Sebastian Deterding
2021 J jnl
The Effects of a Self-Similar Avatar Voice in Educational Games.
Proc. ACM Hum. Comput. Interact.
Dominic Kao, Rabindra A. Ratan, Christos Mousas, Alejandra J. Magana
2021 A* conf
Toward Understanding the Effects of Virtual Character Appearance on Avoidance Movement Behavior.
VR
Christos Mousas, Alexandros Koilias, Banafsheh Rekabdar, Dominic Kao, Dimitris Anastasiou
2021 J jnl
Toward understanding embodied human-virtual character interaction through virtual and tactile hugging.
Comput. Animat. Virtual Worlds
Dixuan Cui, Dominic Kao, Christos Mousas
2020 C conf
Exploring Help Facilities in Game-Making Software.
FDG
Dominic Kao
2020 J jnl
Exploring Help Facilities in Game-Making Software.
CoRR
Dominic Kao
2020 J jnl
Hack.VR: A Programming Game in Virtual Reality.
CoRR
Dominic Kao, Christos Mousas, Alejandra J. Magana, D. Fox Harrell, Rabindra A. Ratan, Edward F. Melcer, Brett Sherrick, Paul Parsons, Dmitri A. Gusev
2020 J jnl
Infinite Loot Box: A Platform for Simulating Video Game Loot Boxes.
IEEE Trans. Games
Dominic Kao
2020 A* conf
Real and Virtual Environment Mismatching Induces Arousal and Alters Movement Behavior.
VR
Christos Mousas, Dominic Kao, Alexandros Koilias, Banafsheh Rekabdar
2020 J jnl
The effects of juiciness in an action RPG.
Entertain. Comput.
Dominic Kao
2020 A* conf
Virtual Reality Racket Sports: Virtual Drills for Exercise and Training.
ISMAR
Huimin Liu, Zhiquan Wang, Christos Mousas, Dominic Kao
2019 C conf
Exploring how preference and perceived performance vary in different game genres across time of day.
FDG
Dominic Kao, J. J. De Simone
2019 C conf
JavaStrike: a Java programming engine embedded in virtual worlds.
FDG
Dominic Kao
2019 C conf
The effects of anthropomorphic avatars vs. non-anthropomorphic avatars in a jumping game.
FDG
Dominic Kao
2018 — —
Researching and developing the impacts of virtual identity on computational learning environments.
Dominic Kao
2018 A* conf
The Effects of Badges and Avatar Identification on Play and Making in Educational Games.
CHI
Dominic Kao, D. Fox Harrell
2016 — conf
Exploring the Effects of Encouragement in Educational Games.
CHI Extended Abstracts
Dominic Kao, D. Fox Harrell
2016 — conf
Exploring the Impact of Avatar Color on Game Experience in Educational Games.
CHI Extended Abstracts
Dominic Kao, D. Fox Harrell
2015 C conf
Exigent: An Automatic Avatar Generation System.
FDG
Dominic Kao, D. Fox Harrell
2015 C conf
Exploring the Construction, Play, Use of Virtual Identities in a STEM Learning Game.
FDG
Dominic Kao, D. Fox Harrell
2015 Misc conf
Exploring the Impact of Role Model Avatars on Game Experience in Educational Games.
CHI PLAY
Dominic Kao, D. Fox Harrell
2015 C conf
Mazzy: A STEM Learning Game.
FDG
Dominic Kao, D. Fox Harrell
2015 — conf
Toward avatar models to enhance performance and engagement in educational games.
CIG
Dominic Kao, D. Fox Harrell
2014 C conf
Authoring conversational narratives in games with the Chimeria platform.
FDG
D. Fox Harrell, Dominic Kao, Chong-U Lim, Jason Lipshin, Ainsley Sutherland, Julia Makivic, Danielle Olson
2014 — conf
The Chimeria Platform: User Empowerment through Expressing Social Group Membership Phenomena.
DH
D. Fox Harrell, Dominic Kao, Chong-U Lim, Jason Lipshin, Ainsley Sutherland
2013 — conf
Computationally Modeling Narratives of Social Group Membership with the Chimeria System.
CMN
D. Fox Harrell, Dominic Kao, Chong-U Lim