Sandra Birnstiel
Sandra Birnstiel
Sandra Birnstiel is a PhD candidate at the FAU and part of the Gamification Research Group. There she investigates innovative gamification approaches in team sports to optimize performance diagnostics and training.
She completed her Master’s degree in Human-Computer-Interaction in Würzburg, where she investigated the effect of virtual shoes in embodied virtual reality for her Master’s thesis. Sandra received her bachelor’s degree in Human-Computer-Systems, also in Würzburg. In addition to her studies, she worked as a student assistant and contributed to teaching and research.
Research Interests
- Gamification, Exergames and Motivational Design
- (Team) Sports
- Quantified Self
- eSports
Publications
2024
Social Gamification in Team Sports - Design Concept and Preliminary Evaluation
Mensch und Computer 2024 (Karlsruhe, 1. September 2024 - 4. September 2024)
In: Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. (ed.): Workshopband 2024
DOI: 10.18420/muc2024-mci-ws01-138
URL: https://dl.gi.de/items/27c84001-67e9-4f13-b87e-f382d8291426 :
Exploring gamification in team sports: a scoping review and research agenda
8th International GamiFIN Conference (Ruka, Finnland, 2. April 2024 - 5. April 2024)
URL: https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-3669/paper4.pdf , :
Designing Gamification for Team Sports: Mapping of the Problem Space and Design Recommendations
Thirty-Second European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2024) (Paphos, 13. June 2024 - 19. June 2024)
URL: https://aisel.aisnet.org/ecis2024/track14_esports/track14_esports/1 , , , :
Combating Procrastination with Information Systems: A Systematic Review on Design Approaches and Effects
Thirty-Second European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2024) (Paphos, 13. June 2024 - 19. June 2024)
In: ECIS 2024 Research Papers 2024 , , :
Influence of Virtual Shoe Formality on Gait and Cognitive Performance in a VR Walking Task
IEEE VR 2024: The 31st IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (Orlando, Florida, USA, 16. March 2024 - 21. March 2024)
DOI: 10.1109/VR58804.2024.00122
URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10494159 , , :
Proteus effect or bodily affordance? The influence of virtual high-heels on gait behavior
In: Virtual Reality 28 (2024), p. 1-19
ISSN: 1359-4338
DOI: 10.1007/s10055-024-00966-5
URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10055-024-00966-5 , , :
2023
An approach to investigate an influence of visual angle size on emotional activation during a decision-making task
International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCII 2023) (Copenhagen, 23. July 2023 - 28. July 2023)
In: Chen, J.Y.C., Fragomeni, G. (ed.): Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality 2023
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-35634-6_47
URL: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-35634-6_47 , , , :
2022
Stay safe! Safety precautions for walking on a conventional treadmill in VR
2022 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW 2022) (, 12. March 2022 - 16. March 2022)
In: Proceedings of the 2022 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops 2022
DOI: 10.1109/VRW55335.2022.00217
URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9757410 , , :
2021
Mutual benefits: Interdisciplinary education of pre-service teachers and HCI students in VR/AR learning environment design
In: Frontiers in Education 6 (2021), Article No.: 693012
ISSN: 2504-284X
DOI: 10.3389/feduc.2021.693012
URL: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2021.693012/full , , , :
Enchanted by your surrounding? Measuring the effects of immersion and design of virtual environments on decision-making
In: Frontiers in Virtual Reality 2 (2021), Article No.: 679277
ISSN: 2673-4192
DOI: 10.3389/frvir.2021.679277
URL: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frvir.2021.679277/full , , , :
Measuring the effects of virtual environment design on decision-making
2021 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops, VRW 2021
DOI: 10.1109/VRW52623.2021.00103
URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9419338 , , , :
2019
Gartenfreund: Exploring the botanical garden with an inclusive app
Mensch-und-Computer 2019 (MuC'19) (Hamburg, 8. September 2019 - 11. September 2019)
In: F. Alt, A. Bulling, T. Döring (ed.): MuC'19: Proceedings of Mensch und Computer 2019 2019
DOI: 10.1145/3340764.3344446
URL: https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3340764.3344446 , , , , :