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Validation of Serious Games [PDF]
International Journal of Serious Games, 2015 The application of games for behavioral change has seen a surge in popularity but evidence on the efficacy of these games is contradictory. Anecdotal findings seem to confirm their motivational value whereas most quantitative findings from randomized ...
Katinka van der Kooij +3 more
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Project Sanitarium: Gaming TB - A Serious Game for a Serious Problem [PDF]
2015 7th International Conference on Games and Virtual Worlds for Serious Applications (VS-Games), 2015 Collaborative projects between Industry and Academia provide excellent opportunities for learning. Throughout the academic year 2014-2015 undergraduates from the School of Arts, Media and Computer Games at Abertay University worked with academics from the Infection Group at the University of St Andrews and industry partners Microsoft and DeltaDNA.
Iain Donald +4 more
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Press Start, 2016 Serious games have been shown to promote behavioural change and impart skills to players, and non-serious games have proven to have numerous benefits.
Matthew Hudson
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Give Me a Sign: Using Data Gloves for Static Hand-Shape Recognition
Sensors, 2023 Human-to-human communication via the computer is mainly carried out using a keyboard or microphone. In the field of virtual reality (VR), where the most immersive experience possible is desired, the use of a keyboard contradicts this goal, while the use ...
Philipp Achenbach +4 more
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International Journal of Serious Games, 2023 Editorial of Vol. 10, No. 2.
Serious Games Society
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Recognizing Full-Body Exercise Execution Errors Using the Teslasuit
Sensors, 2021 Regular physical exercise is essential for overall health; however, it is also crucial to mitigate the probability of injuries due to incorrect exercise executions.
Polona Caserman +2 more
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AquaScouts: ePROs Implemented as a Serious Game for Children With Cancer to Support Palliative Care
Frontiers in Digital Health, 2021 MyPal is a European initiative focusing on the use of the electronic patient reported outcome (ePRO) measures to enhance patient engagement in palliative cancer care via digital self-reporting palliative care for patients with cancer.
Stefan Hoffmann +17 more
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Using Greenfoot as a Tool for Serious Games Programming Education and Development
International Journal of Serious Games, 2021 Greenfoot is an educational programming environment that aims to motivate students in learning object-oriented programming (OOP) through the development of simple games and simulations.
Stelios Xinogalos +1 more
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Frontiers in Computer Science, 2020 Serious Pervasive Games extend the magic circle (Huizinga, 1938) to the players' context and surrounding environment. The blend of both physical and fictive game worlds provides a push in player engagement and promotes situated learning approaches. Space and time, as well as social context, acquire a more meaningful impact on the gameplay.
António Coelho +15 more
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Challenges of serious games [PDF]
EAI Endorsed Transactions on Game-Based Learning, 2015 Although educational games have revealed to be a very effective focus in diverse situations, their use in education is still very limited. In this paper we analyse the main challenges concerning educational games that, from our perspective, have to be approached so that the use of this kind of games can be widespread. These challenges are classified in
B. Fernández-Manjón +3 more
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