Development of serious game for kids using Leap Motion based on honey bee dance

Abstract

We developed serious game for kids using "Leap Motion" based on honey bee dance. After investigation of honey bee dance, we applied it into serious game. The dances are performed by worker bees that have returned to the honeycomb. It essentially is a language that tells the other workers where the food is. In our developed game, kids can learn these honey bee dance using their hands via Leap Motion. Leap Motion is a computer hardware sensor device that supports hand and finger motions as input, analogous to a mouse, but requiring no hand contact or touching. The movement of the hand is good for kid's brain development. It has already been proven through many materials. Kids can learn the language of bees through developed game and it is a natural form of play. Our system can propose the new development direction of serious game, also potential of Leap Motion as serious game device.