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Measuring distributed affect in collaborative games (Diffusion de nos travaux)
The ability to engage children in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields early in their scholastic years is critical to ensure the success of the next generation of scientists and engineers. Given that 97% of American teens play video games, there is a tremendous opportunity to engage students in STEM concepts within the framework of a multi-player game. Research has shown that eliciting emotional and affective responses in players can actively increase engagement, learning, an [...]Mots-clés : Mathématiques, Games
Designing Therapeutic Games for Seniors: Case Study of "Le Village aux Oiseaux" (Diffusion de nos travaux)
In this paper, we describe the method we used to design the therapeutic game called Le Village aux Oiseaux, a first person shooter aiming to stimulate the attention network of seniors suffering from the Alzheimer's disease. One of the main issues we had to deal with was how to adapt games designed for adolescents and young adults, to seniors. A lack of studies and game design guidelines, as well as a lack of data on what seniors enjoy while playing made this design more complicated and, thus, in [...]Mots-clés : Therapeutic game, games design, usability, Evaluation, Méthodes, Serious Game, Elderly
Co-located Interaction in Casual Games for the Dissemination of Traditional Stories (Diffusion de nos travaux)
In this paper a strategy is presented for the dissemination of traditional stories via an interaction between the real world and the virtual world. In our game the player will not be isolated in front of the monitor and will have to call upon others to be successful. The game is a stimulus for players to discover a country’s history having legends as a starting point. Our focus is on the particular case of Enchanted Moors that are part of Iberian mythology. The user study showed that, afte [...]Mots-clés : Casual Game, Cultural Heritage, Legend
Fun house ludus loci and the American home as folly (Diffusion de nos travaux)
ABSRACT While play marks both the cultural and pre-cultural spheres of human existence, the environmental design disciplines have almost exclusively compartmentalized the notions of play and fun into categories of leisure and children’s playgrounds. The rhetorics of environmental design, to date, have ignored, or at best marginalized, the possibility of play outside of recreational and commercial contexts. Still, we have abundant examples of playful architecture and fun places that s [...]Mots-clés : Design, Architecture, Fun architecture, Game
A Serious Game for Incidence Response Education and Training (Diffusion de nos travaux)
Abstract:A critical incident at any institution may include bomb threats, assault, bio-hazardous spills, civil disobedience, electrical outage, fire or explosion, gas leak, natural disasters, infectious diseases, and terrorist threats. Although many employees know of this type of situation, most are not properly trained with respect to how to react when a critical incident occurs, nor do they understand lockdown procedures. Serious games refer to video games that are used for training, advertisi [...]Serious Games: Issues, offer and market Education - Training - Health Care Information & Communication - Defence (3rd Edition) (Diffusion de nos travaux)
This study examines the various market segments of Serious Gaming based on detailed case studies and a systematic presentation of the corresponding technologies, practices and know-how, while emphasising on the key stages of the design, development and dissemination phases. It also provides technology and business prospects for each market segment. Serious Gaming (SG) is at the crossroads of several disciplines: e-learning, computing, engineering, [...]Mots-clés : Serious Game, Study, Health, Defence, Education, Market, Evolution, Training
Human or avatar: psychological dimensions on full scope, hybrid, and virtual reality simulators (Diffusion de nos travaux)
Abstract Professional training for risky professions involves simulation training. This kind of facilities has appeared very important to give to the workers the initial knowledge, to improve the skills of experienced workers, and to make them face rare situations for which they must be potentially ready to deal with. The past years, a broad range of simulation systems including virtuality have become available on the market, and the professions concerned are wider every year. The possibili [...]Mots-clés : Serious Game, Simulation, Training
Supporting learning role-play games design: a methodology and visual formalism for scenarios description (Diffusion de nos travaux)
Abstract: The impact games are known to have on commitment is pushing more and more companies to use training programmes that incorporate games, including Learning Role-Play Games. This article presents the methodology (ScenLRPG) and formalism we have defined to support instructional designers in the design of such programmes. The ScenLRPG methodology is based on two main principles: the first one is to make designers integrate the use of game principles into their reflection; the second one is [...]Mots-clés : Role-play game, Design support, Learning-scenario design, Formalism, Commitment
Jogos Sérios para Lean Manufacturing:?Jogo: Método 5S? (Diffusion de nos travaux)
Abstract The global economic crisis that is felt is leading to the emergence of a need to increase business competitiveness, by improving the performance of its employees. In this sense, Lean Manufacturing is an area that deserves the attention of employers and their employees, since its main objectives are to increase productivity, reduce waste and optimize available resources. A Lean tool that deserves special attention is the 5S Method, which can improve productivity, by increasing the [...]Mots-clés : Serious Game, Learning, knowledge, Evaluation
Les utilités du jeu vidéo sérieux: finalités, discours et mises en corrélation (Diffusion de nos travaux)
AbstractLes jeux vidéo sérieux offrent aujourd’hui une grande diversité de catégories et d’usages. Ils prétendent changer notre rapport au monde comme au jeu. Pour surmonter les paradoxes provenant de l’opposition entre activité ludique et activité sérieuse, il est préférable d’étudier ces nouveaux produits en termes d’utilité. La méthode de la recherche présenté [...]Mots-clés : Jeu vidéo, Serious Game, Utilité