Progetto Ustica is an experiment in "civically-engaged game design" and addresses the Ustica Massacre ("Strage di Ustica"), where 81 people lost their lives as an air-to-air missile hit a civilian aircraft in 1980. Progetto Ustica has been developed as part of an Action Research effort with the objective …

Providing users with a sense of place – related to a specific geographic location in which one is situated, or linked to a faraway place, or even giving place-like qualities to virtual spaces such as massively multiplayer online role-playing games – has been deemed central for several forms of digital …

This paper describes experiments with a game device that was used for early detection of delays in motor skill development in primary school children. Children play a game by bi-manual manipulation of the device which continuously collects ac- celerometer data and game state data. Features of the data …

Cities are becoming increasingly complex, both in terms of their social and cultural context, and in the technological solutions that are necessary to make them function. In parallel, we are observing a growing attention toward the public dimension of design, addressing societal challenges and opportunities …

De opdracht kan in twee delen worden opgesplitst, namelijk het eerste gedeelte een onderzoek naar javascript frameworks en het tweede gedeelte het maken van de match experience. • Het onderzoek Het eerste gedeelte van de opdracht zal zijn het onderzoeken van javascript frameworks en een adviesrapport …

Kicking in Australian Football (AF) has been reported as the most important skill of the game. Nevertheless, no study has investigated kicking with IMU units. These units could be used to gain kicking data through an easy and assessable way. The purpose of this study was to analyse a kick executed by …

Door de toenemende vergrijzing in Nederland stijgen de kosten voor ouderenzorg. Daarmee ook de kosten voor valincidenten. Door middel van bewegen en trainen in valpreventieprogramma’s kunnen de kosten worden gereduceerd. Een handig middel waarmee ouderen thuis kunnen trainen voor valpreventie zijn exercise …

De afstudeeropdracht gaat over het bouwen van een applicatie die als benchmarking tool gebruikt kan worden om te bewijzen dat door middel van parallelle collaboratie een complexe opdracht uitgevoerd kan worden door een grid computing netwerk. Om dit te bereiken is er gekozen om het project te simuleren …

Persuasive games exist for a wide variety of objectives, from marketing, to healthcare and activism. Some of the more socially-aware ones cast players as members of disenfranchised minorities, such as migrants, prompting them to 'see what they see'. In parallel, a growing number of designers has recently …

© Springer International Publishing AG 2016. A serious game needs to combine a number of different aspects to help the end user in reaching the desired effects. This requires incorporating a broad range of different aspects in the design, stemming from a broad range of different fields of expertise. …