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Exploring cultural heritage landscapes in an interactive game-based learning application (Broacasting our studies)
Abstract:This study presents a tool which supports the exploration of the landscape of ancient Amphipolis. Users can navigate into the landscape using an animated Pegasus cartoon and they are guided by an ancient philosopher cartoon. Once a student reaches a point of interest teaching material of various forms (i.e. text, images, video and external sources) appear. Following, the study of the material, students can take up a quiz to test their knowledge. The application has been evaluated with t [...]Keywords : 5G mobile communication, Artificial intelligence, FAA, Three-dimensional displays, Conferences, Iron
Game Design of Therapeutic Games : Models and methods to design the gameplay (Broacasting our studies)
This PhD thesis explores the field of therapeutic games in order to propose methods and tools for the game designer of such games. The most fundamental design problem of therapeutic games is the gameplay, ie. the game objectives and the actions the player does to address the objectives. In therapeutic game, the gameplay must, at the same time, provide the therapeutic effects and motivate the patient to follow his protocol. The sub-problems of this are 1. the two-fold evaluation (medical and moti [...]Keywords : Serious game, Health, Health game, Gameplay
X-PO 2089 : An unreleased PlayStation game discovered (Blog post)
The history of video games if full of forgotten titles. Most of the time, they are game projects cancelled before completion. But, sometimes, full and complete games are cancelled just before their commercial release. We call them "unreleased games", as they are waiting to be be discovered by historians or collectors who can reveal their existence to the world. Today, Ludoscience is proud to present you an "unreleased" PlayStation game called X-PO : 2089 Cyber Revolution [...]Keywords : history, video game, serious game, playstation, unreleased, japan, france
Highlights in the Literature Availablein Serious Games for Intellectual Disabilities (Broacasting our studies)
This review examines the literature on Serious Games used as learning tools for people with intellectual disabilities. Although intellectual disabilities are a very broad field where each individual has very specific characteristics, it would be beneficial to have general evidence-based recommendations about how to design videogames adapted to their cognitive requirements. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to identify and review the available literature on Serious Games for intellectual disabil [...]Keywords : Serious Game, Health games, Videogames, Intellectual disabilities
Jogos sérios para reabilitação cognitiva (Broacasting our studies)
Abstract Rehabilitation can be defined as a process devised in response to unplanned life changes imposed by diseases or traumatic accidents. Cognitive rehabilitation is a form of therapy, focused on restoring functions that remain partially intact, applied to people with some form of cognitive impairment such as memory loss. The problem of traditional approaches is the lack of motivation and lack of interest of patients to perform repetitive tasks. This is where the concept of serious game [...]Keywords : Serious games, Rehabilitation, Cognitive rehabilitation, NUI, Games
Un Juego Serio para la Preservación de la Fauna Silvestre en Peligro de Extinción en Venezuela (Broacasting our studies)
Resumen Los juegos son actividades innatas en los seres humanos, el hombre ha aprendido a relacionarse con su entorno familiar, ambiental, social y cultural a través de los juegos. Existen diferentes tipos de juegos: infantiles, tradicionales, juegos de mesa, videojuegos, entre otros. Particularmente en el área de la investigación de los videojuegos, existen los denominados Juegos Serios. Los juegos serios son objetos y/o herramientas de aprendizaje que permiten obtener [...]Keywords : Serious game, Video Game, 3D, Awareness, Wildlife preservation
Serious game framework confronted with specificities of industrial training: application to steel industry (Broacasting our studies)
Serious games are growing more and more in the context of lifelong training and initial education.They cover several areas (human science, engineering science, life science, ...) that are used for industrial oracademic purposes. However, some fields induce specific issues. Thus, in the ind [...]Keywords : Serious Games, Formatting, Virtual Reality, Interaction
Challenges of Business Simulation Games?A New Approach of Teaching Business (Broacasting our studies)
Abstract: Serious games are part of the new emerging world of education environment that is based on sophisticated technology with elements of entertainment. They have been seen as good supplements for supporting the learning processes due to their capability to increase visualisations and challenge the student creativity. They have the potential to significantly improve training and education activities and initiatives. As a part of serious computer games, business simulation games support [...]Keywords : Serious Games, Business Simulation Games, e-learning, Problem-Based Learning, Education
Design and Development of Effective and Customizable Educational Business Games (Broacasting our studies)
Serious Games are becoming increasingly popular. In all domains they are used to transfer content to players by mixing learning with pleasure in order to make teaching more easy and fun. However many of them are designed in an ad-hoc way without structure. Several research efforts have been conducted to tackle this deficiency and to improve the design of these games. Despite the vast literature, the domain is still in its infancy and scattered. Serious games offer great opportunities for le [...]Game Pratic' 2015 - jury member (Broacasting our studies)
Keywords : game jam, culture, serious game, Montpellier