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Serious Game, an awareness of video game potential Julian Alvarez - 2009

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Support : Conférences
Author(s) : Julian Alvarez
Editor : Conférence "Serious Games : un nouveau domaine d'application de la recherche ?", Service Valorisation de l'université Toulouse 2 le Mirail
Date : 2009
Lang : Lang


Description

This conference was part of a study day entitled “Serious Games: a new field of application for research? New markets for companies? It was organized by the Service Valorisation of Toulouse 2 le Mirail University.

The presentation reviewed the history of Serious Games on videogame media from the 1950s to the 2000s. Figures were then presented to assess the size of the international Serious Game market. Sub-segments were reviewed: defense, training, healthcare, advertising...

It was estimated that the Serious Game market should be on an upward trend in 2009. 



Keywords : Serious Game, Serious Gaming, Valorization, Market, Industry