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최근 음악을 기반으로 한 게임이 각광받기 시작하면서, 음악이 게임의 중요한 콘텐츠로 자리를 잡게 되었다. 이러한 게임 중 ‘노트’를 게임 플레이에 적극적으로 활용하여 음악을 시각화한 게임들이 많은 인기를 끌고 있다. 그러나 이러한 게임에서 어떻게 음악이 시각화 되어 게임이 디자인 되는지에 대해 음악 이론 관점에서 접근한 연구는 찾아보기 어렵다. 본 논문에서는 노트가 활용된 게임에서 음악이 어떻게 시각화 되었는지에 대한 시각화 요소를 음악 이론, 미디 이론을 기반으로 도출한다. 또한, 도출된 요소들을 분석함으로서 노트가 활용된 게임이 악보나 미디에서 음악의 시각화 방식과 비교하여 어떤 특징이 있는지 정리한다. 이 논문은 노트가 활용된 게임에서 음악의 시각화 요소를 음악이론에 근거하여 처음으로 분류하였고, 이러한 연구는 앞으로 음악을 기반을 한 게임 디자인에 가이드라인이 될 것으로 예상된다.

Nowadays, music in game has been coming in the spotlight as it has become a major game content. Games of visualizing music by utilizing 'musical note' as their major game play have become very popular. But, it is hardly to find academic research papers introducing how to visualize music in such games based on the theory of music. In the paper, we derive how to visualize music in such game based on theory of music and MIDI. Moreover, we characterize the visual components of music in such game by comparing with those of musical score and MIDI. The research gives a systemic analysis of visual components of music in such games based on music theory and it will also expect to give a guideline to make future games with music as its major game play.

The rise of smartphones and computer tablets has been shifting computer tasks to mobile applications. Educational environments are changing quickly as a generation of learners grows up with technologies such as tablets, smartphones and other smart devices. With the success of mobile textbook market, tablets are replacing paper textbooks to digital. Especially, one of the most important features of electronic textbooks application is creating and reading annotations. Most electronic book readers support this fundamental functionality. However, when an application moves from desktop pc to mobile device, its feature should be redefined to fit on a mobile device. Therefore, we propose a user interface which supports visualized annotation on touch-based tablets. It enables a user to gain additional information from annotation style and guide to navigate on useful resources. This interface is developed on a tablet device to evaluate it in a classroom study to prove its effectiveness. As a result, the proposing approach encouraged students to use the electronic textbooks and annotation feature in an efficient way.