Quantified Self – van oud naar nieuw.De Nederlandse Vereniging voor Fysiotherapie in de Geriatrie bestaat dit jaar 40 jaar. En ongeveer 40 jaar geleden kwam de eerste computer voor thuisgebruik op de markt, de Altair 8800. Er is in 40 jaar heel veel gebeurd in geriatriefysiotherapieland en ook op het …

It will be hard to find a Dutchmen under 50 years old who is not able to understand and speak English. Dutch pupils in secondary education spend about 4 hours a week studying grammar, reading texts, listening to conversations and giving presentations, all in English and that for four to six years. They …

Aging diversity in organizations creates potential challenges, particularly for knowledge management, skills update and skills obsolescence. Intergenerational learning (IGL) involves knowledge building, innovation and knowledge transfer between generations within an organization (Ropes 2011). Serious …

Pressure at play: measuring player approach and avoidance through the keyboard.With the increased adoption of real-time objective measurements of player experience, advances have been made in characterising the dynamically changing aspects of the player experience during gameplay itself. A direct coupling …

With the increased adoption of real-time objective measurements of player experience, advances have been made in characterising the dynamically changing aspects of the player experience during gameplay itself. A direct coupling to player action, however, is not without challenges. Many physiological …

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 …

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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 …

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 …

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 …