Therapeuten van Revant Revalidatie geven op Mytylschool de Schalm te Breda therapie aan kinderen met cerebrale parese. Bij deze kinderen wordt de Nintendo Wii ingezet om de aangedane, spastische lichaamsdelen te trainen. Deze Wii wordt bestuurd door een controller, de Wiimote. De inspanningen of bewegingen …

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Many research projects have assessed the possibility and effectiveness of implementing games as health interventions. Recent literature shows generally positive results in specific case studies. However we acknowledged that research projects in this field regularly seem to disregard the connection to …

Technologies that were initially developed to be applied within the domain of video games are currently being used in experiments to explore their meaning and possibilities for cinema and cinema audiences. In this position paper we examine how narrativity, interactivity and engagement are mutually reshaped …

Presentation at seminar for the Institute for Management Research of the Radboud University Nijmegen.The development of serious games is becoming an ever increasing part of the game industries. Following the success of entertainment games concepts of motivation, and the psychology behind human behavior …

Presentatie gehouden tijdens Games for Health Conference in Boston (USA) op 26 juni 2013.In opdracht van organisatie HelpHeal zijn educatieve computergames ontwikkeld, getest bij de doelgroep in Kenia en uiteindelijk gedistribueerd bij lokale basisscholen.

Scrum.Presentatie op Indie Gameleon Festival te Groningen, 8-11 maart 2013Of je nu indie of professional bent, bij het ontwikkelen van games groeit het idee doorgaans tijdens het ontwikkelen. Reacties van jezelf, vrienden of testgroepen leiden tot nieuwe inzichten. Traditionele, lineaire projectmethodes …

Geweld in films en games is van invloed op het spelgedrag van bassischoolkinderen in de midden- en bovenbouw. In de klas kan de invloed zichtbaar worden op drie manieren: - Emotionele effect (onverwacht huilen). - Cognitieve effect (Lastig concentreren tijdens spel en tijdens de lessen). - Gedragseffect …

This is a report about a graduation project performed at Delft University of Technology. To test some of their gaming related research in a real life environment, they are setting up a platform called @Large. This platform will add massive multiplayer components to several games. The first game to support …

Player behavioural modelling has grown from a means to improve the playing strength of computer programs that play classic games (e.g., chess), to a means for impacting the player experience and satisfaction in video games, as well as in cross-domain applications such as interactive storytelling. In …