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games with a purpose: a standalone construct

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games witha purpose1 CONSTRUCTGames with a purposeVON AHN · HUMAN-COMPUTER

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Human-computer interaction

games designed so that people playing for fun also perform useful computational tasks, such as labeling images.

In human-computer interaction, games with a purpose refers to games designed so that people playing for fun also perform useful computational tasks, such as labeling images. This meaning comes from von Ahn (2008) in Communications of the ACM.[1]

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  1. von Ahn, L., & Dabbish, L. (2008). Designing games with a purpose. Communications of the ACM, 51(8), 58-67. https://doi.org/10.1145/1378704.1378719

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