How Does Usability Impact Motivation in Augmented Reality Serious Games for Education?

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vicente Ferrer ◽  
Alex Perdomo ◽  
Hazem Rashed-Ali ◽  
Carmen Fies ◽  
John Quarles
Keyword(s):  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Serious Games

Towards an Intelligent Assistive System Based on Augmented Reality and Serious Games

2021 ◽  
pp. 100458
Author(s):  
Fatemeh Ghorbani ◽  
Mahsa Farshi Taghavi ◽  
Mehdi Delrobaei
Keyword(s):  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Serious Games

ZeusAR: a process and an architecture to automate the development of augmented reality serious games

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Humberto Marín-Vega ◽  
Giner Alor-Hernández ◽  
Luis Omar Colombo-Mendoza ◽  
Maritza Bustos-López ◽  
Ramón Zataraín-Cabada
Keyword(s):  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Serious Games

scholarly journals Rapid Prototyping of Interactive Storytelling and Mobile Augmented Reality Applications for Learning and Entertainment – The case of “k-Knights”

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dimitris Markouzis ◽  
Georgios Fessakis
Keyword(s):  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Serious Games ◽  
Rapid Prototype ◽  
Technology Enhanced Learning ◽  
Mobile Augmented Reality ◽  
Design Development ◽  
Interactive Storytelling ◽  
Prototype Development ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Pedagogical Research

Mobile Augmented Reality (MAR) Technology in combination with Interactive Storytelling (IS) enables the design of new kinds of technology enhanced learning and entertainment applications. The existing pedagogical research as well as the available Interactive Storytelling MAR (ISMAR) Serious Games are rather limited. This is mainly because of the difficulties of MAR applications development and the complexity of IS authoring. The paper works on the direction to improve this situation exploring the combination of a) rapid prototype development methodology based on MAR authoring tools and b) the definition of IS genres which could serve as templates and guide the ISMAR design. In the paper, key concepts are presented, existing successful examples of MAR Serious Games are analyzed in order to extract their narration genre features, available tools for MAR rapid authoring are introduced, and afterwards the design, development and first evaluation of a prototype ISMAR Serious Game is presented. The paper contributes to the bridging of learning design, IS, and AR technology research communities and facilitates feature interdisciplinary research.

Current Trends on the Acquisition, Virtual Representation, and Interaction of Cultural Heritage

2020 ◽  
pp. 143-167
Author(s):  
Cristina Portalés ◽  
Sergio Casas ◽  
Lucía Vera ◽  
Javier Sevilla
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Multidisciplinary Team ◽  
Serious Games ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Current Trends

Cultural heritage (CH) tells us about our roots, and therefore, constitutes a rich value for the society. Its conservation, dissemination, and understanding are of utmost importance. In order to preserve CH for the upcoming generations, it needs to be documented, a process that nowadays is done digitally. Current trends involve a set of technologies (cameras, scanners, etc.) for the shape and radiometric acquisition of assets. Also, intangible CH can be digitally documented in a variety of forms. Having such assets virtualized, a proper dissemination channel is of relevance, and recently, new technologies that make use of interaction paradigms have emerged. Among them, in this chapter, the authors focus their attention in the technologies of virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and serious games (SGs). They aim to explore these technologies in order to show their benefits in the dissemination and understanding of CH. Though the work involving them is not trivial, and usually a multidisciplinary team is required, the benefits for CH make them worth it.

Gamification in Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment

2021 ◽  
pp. 112-131
Author(s):  
Vitor Simões-Silva ◽  
Susana Alexandra Mendonça Gregório ◽  
Tarcisio de Tarco Moura Luz ◽  
Ana Francisca Casinhas Coutinho Lapa ◽  
António Marques
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Mild Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Cognitive Skills ◽  
Serious Games ◽  
Motor Coordination ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Attention Memory ◽  
Anxiety Depression

The following chapter will address the use of gamification (specifically serious games), as well as its results and conditions of use, as an assessment and intervention tool for people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia diagnosis. These games are effective for cognitive skills, such as attention, memory, executive functions, and speed processing. Besides this, physical (related to motor coordination and movement), social, psychological, and emotional (related to motivation, anxiety, depression, and stress) skills can be improved by serious games. It will be considered the contexts of the use of different games, such as Episodix, Panoramix, and some other games that are applied as serious games, like exergames. Besides, it will be also referred the different platforms associated with these games, such as mobile applications, videogames, virtual reality, and augmented reality.

Serious Games, Remote Laboratories and Augmented Reality to Develop and Assess Programming Skills

2014 ◽  
pp. 29-36
Author(s):  
Mariluz Guenaga ◽  
Iratxe Menchaca ◽  
Alex Ortiz de Guinea ◽  
Olga Dziabenko ◽  
Javier García-Zubía ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Serious Games ◽  
Remote Laboratories ◽  
Programming Skills

scholarly journals Virtual and augmented reality technologies in Human Performance: a review

2015 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 823-835 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tânia Brusque Crocetta ◽  
Sandra Rogéria de Oliveira ◽  
Carla Maria de Liz ◽  
Alexandro Andrade
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Serious Games ◽  
Human Performance ◽  
Elderly Women ◽  
Physical Therapists ◽  
Education Professionals ◽  
Information And Communication

Abstract Introduction : Today's society is influenced by Information and Communication Technologies. Toys that were once built by hand have been reinterpreted and have become highly commercialized products. In this context, games using Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) technologies are present in the everyday lives of children, youth and adults. Objective : To investigate how Physical Education professionals in Brazil have been making use of AR and VR games to benefit their work. Materials and methods : We only included studies that addressed exercise or physical activity using AR or VR games. We searched the databases of Virtual Health Library (VHL) and Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO), using the words augmented reality, virtual reality, exergames, Wii and serious games. Results : Nineteen articles were included in the systematic review. The most frequently used device was the Nintendo(r) Wii, with over 25 different kinds of games. With regard to the subjects of the studies, four studies were conducted with healthy individuals (mean = 65.7), three with patients with Parkinson's disease (mean = 18.0), three with elderly women (mean = 7.7) and two with patients with stroke injury (mean = 6.0). Conclusion : Many physical therapists and occupational therapists use serious games with AR or VR technologies as another work tool, especially for rehabilitation practices. The fact that these technologies are also used in Physical Education classes in Brazil indicates that electronic games are available and can be a tool that can contribute to the widespread adoption of exercise as an enjoyable form of recreation.

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