PlayMancer: A Serious Gaming 3D Environment

Conconi, Alex; Ganchev, Todor; Kocsis, Otilia; Papadopoulos, George; Fernández‐Aranda, Fernando; Jiménez‐Murcia, Susana

doi:10.1109/axmedis.2008.29

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“…Complex graphics are not the only option to attract the attention of children, especially in the ages of 5 to 8. Difficulty level modifications are used in other motorrehabilitation approaches to ensure patient engagement [33], [34], [36], [37]. But trying to maximize the engagement (assumed to expedite habilitation in children) requires an additional perspective.…”

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Serious Games for the Pediatric Anklebot

Michmizos

Krebs

2012

2012 4th IEEE RAS &Amp; EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob)

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The goal of Serious Games (SGs) in motor therapy has been established since the early studies with the MIT-Manus robot. It is important to keep the patient engaged during sensorimotor rehabilitation. Here we describe the development of three SGs, namely the Shipwreck, the Race for Noah's Ark, and Soccer 2014. The games are intended to be used with the Pediatric Anklebot and provide an interactive environment to the assist-as-needed robotic therapy for children with Cerebral Palsy ages 5 to 8. As with the games developed for the MIT-Manus robot, the SGs are visuallyguided, visually-evoked, easy to play with, and promote training of the impaired ankle in dorsi-plantar flexion and inversion-eversion. The games' goal is to reinforce meaningful play and challenge. We have recently initiated clinical testing employing these games and expect to determine if motor learning model offers a meaningful approach to lower extremity rehabilitation efforts.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Serious Games for the Pediatric Anklebot

Michmizos

Krebs

2012

2012 4th IEEE RAS &Amp; EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob)

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“…In fact, it has been showed that games contribute to increase motivation in rehabilitation sessions, which is the major problem in therapy sessions, caused by the repetitive nature of exercises (Burke, et al, 2009;Kizony, Raz, Katz, Weingarden, & Weiss, 2005). Various research projects have been studying how to use games to help patients recovering from impairments or disabilities (Conconi et al, 2008;Ryan et al, 2009).…”

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New Forms of Interaction in Serious Games for Rehabilitation

Rego

Moreira

Reis

2012

Handbook of Research on Serious Games as Educational, Business and Research Tools

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This chapter addresses up-to-date research development regarding the adoption of more natural forms of interaction in the Serious Games for Rehabilitation domain of application. The chapter starts by presenting fundamental concepts on Serious Games illustrated by relevant applications. It describes the main problems involved and how Serious Games can benefit the process of rehabilitation. A comprehensive literature survey is presented and accompanied by a proposed set of classification criteria towards a taxonomy. From this study, a main research opportunity the authors identified is the potential benefits of the adoption of natural interaction modalities. The remainder of the chapter presents the authors’ recent work on this subject, including the description and design of game prototypes using alternative and natural interaction modalities. The chapter presents experiments and the results of a user study in order to make it possible to conclude about the benefits of the newer forms of interaction. From this study, it was concluded that the introduction of the natural interaction modalities has increased the attractiveness and intuitiveness of the prototyped Serious Game. This important result is a motivating factor to improve the interaction mechanisms and conduct studies with distinct tasks and larger samples of users/patients. Lastly, the authors report identified research opportunities and open problems.

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“…In any case, efficient development of effective SGs is a huge concern for research since development costs are one of the major drawbacks of instructional tools [40]. There is now the need for tools/methodologies that enhance development of SGs [41]. Delta3D [42] is an open source GE that is being extended with facilities aimed at supporting efficient building of AI-enhanced SGs.…”

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Designing Effective Serious Games: Opportunities and Challenges for Research

Bellotti

Berta

Gloria

2010

Int. J. Emerg. Technol. Learn.

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Abstract-SeriousGames represent an acknowledged potential for instruction, because they are able to strongly motivate learners. They can also provide immersive environments where advanced users can practice knowledge and skills, also exploiting multimodal interaction. They can combine the effectiveness of computer processing and data storage, with high levels of attractiveness. Our work has investigated the state of the art research on SGs, starting from the cognitive aspects, that are necessary in order to root technological development and applications in sound theoretical foundations. The paper discusses some key aspects about SG design and exploitation: choice of components-off-the-shelf or from-scratch design, tools and methodologies for development or adaptation, intelligent tutoring, virtual coaches and affective learning, living worlds, game mechanics, Human-Computer Interaction.While several SGs have been developed, still the literature stresses a lack of significant, extensive user tests. Further research is necessary to investigate in greater detail the real effectiveness of the various types of SGs. The paper proposes several research questions -that range from requirements elicitation to design and from deployment to use and evaluation -to be answered in order to avoid technology pushing and drive technological research according to the requirements of the end-users and stakeholders.We believe that deepening the analysis about these issues is key to strengthen the foundations of SG research, for which we identify four major directions: definition of metrics and learning progress evaluation tools; methodologies and tools for designing games from various topics and for various users; computing and communication architectures; technologies that can enhance the overall system performance.

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PlayMancer: A Serious Gaming 3D Environment

Cited by 35 publications

References 14 publications

Serious Games for the Pediatric Anklebot

Serious Games for the Pediatric Anklebot

New Forms of Interaction in Serious Games for Rehabilitation

Designing Effective Serious Games: Opportunities and Challenges for Research

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