Entertaining the similarities and distinctions between serious games and virtual heritage projects

Champion, Erik

doi:10.1016/j.entcom.2015.11.003

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“…For instance, they can have an information overload effect on tourists, who may feel overwhelmed with the amount or pace of information, or find some information irrelevant (Kounavis et al, 2012). Simulating historical events in serious-games can raise ethical concerns regarding accurateness and violence, but virtual heritage projects can include some of the serious games-style goals and elements, thus entertaining visitors (Champion, 2016). In spite of these issues, "(...) AR has the potential to enhance tourists' experiences and make them exceptional" (Yovcheva, Buhalis, Gatzidis, & van Elzakker, 2014).…”

Section: Enhancing Cultural Heritage With Armentioning

confidence: 99%

A phygital approach to cultural heritage: augmented reality at Regaleira

Andrade

Dias

2020

Virtual archaeol. rev.

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<p>In the last two decades, contemporary society has been conceptualized and discussed around the assumption that digital technologies are its most defining feature. Jean Baudrillard’s take on the Fable of Borges suggests a replacement of the physical world by a virtual experiencing life, setting the tone for a pessimistic and somewhat fearful attitude towards technological development. On the verge of the dissemination of disruptive innovations that can be described under the “umbrella” of Internet of Things (IoT), we observe not a replacement, but a deep and complex intertwining of online and offline experiences, sketching the contours of what can become a phygital society. This alternative conceptualization of our contemporary society, combined with the possibilities of technological development, affords new opportunities for the expression and experiencing of culture, and also for the creative industries. In our research, we explore the impact of one augmented reality (AR) app designed for one of the landmarks of the Portuguese cultural heritage, Quinta da Regaleira. We explored this single-case study using qualitative data collection techniques, aiming to discuss the positive and negative outcomes of this innovation, both for the dynamizing of cultural heritage, and for the visitors. The article provides useful information for heritage spaces that wish to follow this path. It describes the main steps to be taken in the production of content and provides examples of the narrative model that helps people to visit the space and obtain information, knowing stories relevant to the past and present of the cultural heritage. The objective is to clarify, finally, due to the research developed in the Quinta da Regaleira case study, what kind of stories and experiences can be narrated, the strengths of this application, its limitations, and paths for future investigations.</p>

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Section: Enhancing Cultural Heritage With Armentioning

confidence: 99%

A phygital approach to cultural heritage: augmented reality at Regaleira

Andrade

Dias

2020

Virtual archaeol. rev.

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“…Furthermore, Christopoulou & Xinogalos [29] found that, of the different game engines used in serious games, Unity and Unreal Engine 4 were the most common, both of which enable the generation of high-fidelity, photorealistic 3D games. However, there are many challenges associated with the use of such 3D graphics technology, including the acquisition and preservation of accurate 3D models [30], the presentation of difficult information such as violence or uncertainty within the source material [31], and the cost for both the user, who requires modern computing hardware to run the applications, and the developer who must design and create the environments. It is widely acknowledged that modern state-of-the-art video games can be extremely expensive to make, and the design, artwork, modelling, texturing, animation, and testing of elaborate 3D environments are just some of the factors that contribute to this.…”

Section: Serious Games and Virtual Environments For Heritagementioning

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“…In the current study we have not investigated using different visual styles, although this presents an interesting avenue for further research. Constrained environments may offer innovative methods to overcome some of the challenges of representation faced by SGsH, such as violence within the source material or uncertainty in the current state of historical knowledge [31], compounded by the expectation of younger participants that everything they see in the virtual environment is presented as it truly was [26]. These could be tackled using the fact that not everything is shown in exhaustive detail in a constrained environment; information can be obscured or only suggested to the user.…”

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Applying constrained virtual environments to serious games for heritage

Hanes

Stone

2019

IJSG

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Virtual environments are an important aspect of serious games for heritage. However navigable three-dimensional (3D) environments can be costly and resource-intensive to create and for users to run. In this paper, we propose an alternative approach using “constrained virtual environments”, which present an environment through a series of reduced fidelity two-dimensional (2D) scenes without exhaustive detail. We describe the development of a constrained virtual environment to replicate a 3D environment from a serious game concerning ancient Mesopotamian history. An exploratory experiment discovered that participants experienced a similar sense of presence in the constrained environment to that of the 3D environment and rated the two games to be of similar quality. Participants were equally likely to pursue further information on the subject matter afterwards and collected more information tokens from within the constrained environment. A subsequent interview with a museum expert explored opportunities for such games to be implemented in museum displays, and based on the experiences and issues encountered, a preliminary set of guidelines was compiled for implementing future constrained virtual environments within serious games for heritage.

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“…On the other hand, games also used for not only entertainment but for more critical tasks which are then associated to the term serious games [54], [59]. Among critical tasks which have been developed using serious games are in virtual heritage projects [51], attention assessment for cerebral palsy [55], in tourism [56], in retraining cognition for elderly [57], in educating domestic energy consumption [58], and nutrition education for children [61]. There is also an attempt to apply game aesthetics using machine learning [53].…”

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Conceptual Model of Game Aesthetics for Perceived Learning in Narrative Games

Abubakar¹,

Ahmad²,

Zulkifli³

et al. 2017

International Journal on Advanced Science, Engineering and Information Technology

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Narrative games may offer reasoning on players' behaviour or make-believe on players' personation as a pursuit to achieve specific goals. One of the goals is probably the intention to instil learning, which subconsciously provides information on the content of the game. However, there is a lack of studies on the contribution of game aesthetics towards player's perceived learning. By means of expert review, this article reports on a conceptual model of game aesthetics towards perceived learning and the degree of importance of each attribute in perceived learning. Findings reveal that all experts agreed on the contribution of game aesthetics towards perceived learning. In addition, the expert recommends three other factors that may contribute to learning: player's motivation, learning content, and gameplay. Future work will continue to design and develop the game prototype and to investigate the relationship between game aesthetics and perceived learning.

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Entertaining the similarities and distinctions between serious games and virtual heritage projects

Cited by 26 publications

References 52 publications

A phygital approach to cultural heritage: augmented reality at Regaleira

A phygital approach to cultural heritage: augmented reality at Regaleira

Applying constrained virtual environments to serious games for heritage

Conceptual Model of Game Aesthetics for Perceived Learning in Narrative Games

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