Games for Health [electronic resource] : Proceedings of the 3rd european conference on gaming and playful interaction in health care /
Schouten, Ben.editor.
Fedtke, Stephen.editor.
Bekker, Tilde.editor.
Schijven, Marlies.editor.
Gekker, Alex.editor.
Founded in 2004, the Games for Health Project supports community, knowledge and business development efforts to use cutting-edge games and game technologies to improve health and health care. The Games for Health Conference brings together researchers, medical professionals and game developers to share information about the impact of games, playful interaction and game technologies on health, health care and policy. Over two days, more than 400 attendees participate in over 60 sessions provided by an international array of 80+ speakers, cutting across a wide range of activities in health and health care. Topics include exergaming, physical therapy, disease management, health behavior change, biofeedback, rehab, epidemiology, training, cognitive health, nutrition and health education. Content The proceedings covers the peer-reviewed papers from the Games for Health Conference 2013. Target groups Game Developers, Game Designers Medical Professionals Researchers & Students Editors Ben Schouten is full professor in Playful Interaction at Eindhoven University of Technology, as well as associate professor Play & Game Design at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences. He is a Member of the Dutch Games Association and advisor for the European Commission. Dr. Marlies P. Schijven is a surgeon at the Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam, and a renowned researcher in the field of Virtual Reality applications for healthcare, Simulation and Serious Gaming. Dr. Tilde Bekker is an associate professor in design research on playful interactions in the department Industrial Design at Eindhoven University of Technology. Her main research interests are designing for playful interaction, and designing products for children and older adults. Dr. Stephen Fedtke is an IT specialist and highly recognized book author and editor. His focus is on the interdisciplinary application of information and media technologies, such as IT security, health and entertainment. Alex Gekker is a doctoral candidate at Utrecht University and member of the Games for Health Europe's founding team. His research focuses on playful everyday interactions in the digital maps domain.
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Preface; Organization; Table of Contents; Research and Validation; A Serious Game to Inform about HIV Prevention: HlnVaders, a Case Study; 1 Introduction; 2 Related Work; 3 The HlnVaders Game; 3.1 Virus, antiretroviral and white blood cells; 3.2 The events; 3.3 After the event; 4 Tests; 5 Results; 5.1 Questions about HIV; 5.2 Perceived game pleasantness; 6 Conclusions; 7 References; From KinectTM to anatomically-correct motion modelling: Preliminary results for human application.; 1 Introduction; 2 Methodology; 3 Results; 4 Discussion; 5 Conclusion; 6 Acknowledgments; 7 References
Fear and Happiness in ""Re-Mission"": Teasing Out Emotional Gaming Events Responsible for Cancer Risk Perception1 Introduction; 1.3 The Events of Conflict; 1.4 From Game Play to Emotional Involvement; 1.5 Emotions and Risk Perception; 1.6 Fear and Happiness in Risk Perception; 2 Methods; 2.1 Participants and Sampling Procedure; 2.2 Experimental Procedure; 2.3 Conflict Manipulation; 2.4 Measures; 3 Results; 3.1 Conflict Manipulation Check; 3.2 Emotions and the Gaming Events of Conflict; 3.3 Emotional Involvement as a Mediator; 3.4 Modeling Emotions; 4 Discussion; 5 References
Game Design, Development and BusinessBias Blaster - Aiding Cognitive Bias Modification- Interpretation through a bubble shooter induced game- flow; 1 Introduction; 2 The evolution of Bias Blaster; 2.1 Cognitive Bias Modification-Interpretation; 2.2 Bubble shooter; 2.3 Bias Blaster; 3 Implications for Game design; 3.1 Design for Acceptance; 3.1.1 How to design for acceptance; 3.2 Towards a Serious Therapeutic; 4 Conclusion; 5 Future work; 6 Acknowledgements; 7 References; Attributing Design Decisions in the Evaluation of Game- Based Health Interventions; 1 Introduction
2 Design and Development Process3 Problems in Game-Based Health Intervention Evaluation; 4 Approach Outline; 5 Pilot-Study in Physiotherapy; 6 Conclusions; 7 Acknowledgements; 8 References; Servitization versus Commoditization: the Business Model Dilemma Confronting Serious Games for Health; 1 Introduction; 2 Serious Games for Health; 3 Challenges Facing Serious Games for Health; 4 Recent Trends; 5 Business Model Dilemma facing Serious Games for Health; 6 Servitization of Serious Games for Health as an Alternative Business Strategy; 7 Conclusion; 8 Acknowledgements; 9 References
IGER: A Game Engine Specifically Tailored to Rehabilitation1 Exergames for Rehabilitation; 2 IGER: A Game Engine for Rehabilitation; 2.1 Efficacy; 2.2 Accessibility; 2.3 Motivation; 3 Results; 4 Discussion and Conclusion; 5 References; Designing Games for Children with Cerebral Palsy; 1 Introduction; 2 Cerebral Palsy; 3 Methodology; 3.1 Design and implementation; 4 Games for Health; 5 The Expert's opinion; 6 Why Make Health Games?; 7 Theoretical Framework; 7.1 Inclusion; 7.2 Learning; 8 Design; 8.1 Empathy in Design; 8.2 Unlocking Emotions; 8.3 The Game; 9 Tests and Results; 9.1 Results
10 Conclusion
Includes bibliographical references.
Founded in 2004, the Games for Health Project supports community, knowledge and business development efforts to use cutting-edge games and game technologies to improve health and health care. The Games for Health Conference brings together researchers, medical professionals and game developers to share information about the impact of games, playful interaction and game technologies on health, health care and policy. Over two days, more than 400 attendees participate in over 60 sessions provided by an international array of 80+ speakers, cutting across a wide range of activities in health and health care. Topics include exergaming, physical therapy, disease management, health behavior change, biofeedback, rehab, epidemiology, training, cognitive health, nutrition and health education. Content The proceedings covers the peer-reviewed papers from the Games for Health Conference 2013. Target groups Game Developers, Game Designers Medical Professionals Researchers & Students Editors Ben Schouten is full professor in Playful Interaction at Eindhoven University of Technology, as well as associate professor Play & Game Design at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences. He is a Member of the Dutch Games Association and advisor for the European Commission. Dr. Marlies P. Schijven is a surgeon at the Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam, and a renowned researcher in the field of Virtual Reality applications for healthcare, Simulation and Serious Gaming. Dr. Tilde Bekker is an associate professor in design research on playful interactions in the department Industrial Design at Eindhoven University of Technology. Her main research interests are designing for playful interaction, and designing products for children and older adults. Dr. Stephen Fedtke is an IT specialist and highly recognized book author and editor. His focus is on the interdisciplinary application of information and media technologies, such as IT security, health and entertainment. Alex Gekker is a doctoral candidate at Utrecht University and member of the Games for Health Europe's founding team. His research focuses on playful everyday interactions in the digital maps domain.
Health informatics.
User interfaces (Computer systems).
Multimedia information systems.
Health Informatics.
User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction.
Multimedia Information Systems.
Health Informatics.