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Serious Games For Hospitality Training - Update
Serious Games assuming leadership positions in the workplace Via: Hotels Magazine – Guest Service Is Fun & Games And ESA - Video Games & the Workplace “As the generation that grew up with video games assumes leadership positions in the workplace, computer and video games are being increasingly used to conduct business. A growing number of major companies, from automobile manufacturers to beverage producers, employ video games to train employees and increase sales among their younger tech savvy [...]
Serious Games Taking The Pulse Of Augmented Reality
Best AR demos poised to revolutionize video games Via: G ames Alfresco - Top 10 Augmented Reality Demos That Will Revolutionize Serious Games Ori Inbar is the founder of Pookatak Games - a video game company; formerly senior vice president at SAP , and eternally passionate about interactive entertainment, he also shares my passion for Augmented Reality Games. In his Blog, Games Alfresco , he introduces his countdown of the top 10 best AR demos poised to revolutionize video games - the pursuit of the [...]
THQ Video Game Releases for the 2007 Holiday Season
This holiday season parents can finally feel good about giving the gift on every kid’s wish list: video games. Leading video game publisher, THQ, is releasing nine new games for children that will take the stress out of video game buying for parents. Far from the traditional violence often associated with holiday games, these selections are all E titles (rated E for everyone). They combine the adventure and visual stimulation of all THQ properties, with a creative and critical thinking twist. The engaging [...]
Serious Games To Learn Mechanical Engineering Principles - Update
Serious Games challenging us to play a better education Via: Northern Illinois University - Advanced Computing In Mechanical Engineering Education In my prior post Serious Games in Mechanical Engineering Education , I've embedded a superb video, where students learn by incorporating the techniques into a computer program that drives virtual cars in the video game. Burden versus Fun: watch the video and have a taste of it However, I 've missed to provide a cross reference to the project - my fault, guys! [...]
Forging Connections Between Serious Games and Health Fields
Serious Games enhancing healthy lifestyle choices Via: Educational Games Research – Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Funds Wii-Hab Research Florida Today – Video Games Used As Therapy On November 12, 2007 the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) launched Health Games Research, a new national program to support research to enhance the quality and effectiveness of Serious Games that are used to improve health, which was object of my posting Advancing The Effectiveness Of Serious Games For Health . The [...]
Edutopia Poll: Are Serious Games Effective Teaching Tools?
Serious Games challenging us to play a better education Via: Edutopia by Sara Bernard To the excitement of many youngsters, computer and video games have entered the educational playing field. Research increasingly supports the cognitive benefits of such games -- not to mention the fact that most kids today are already playing them and loving them -- and now educators and game designers are finding new and exciting ways to embed curricular content into complex yet fascinating play environments. On the other [...]
Values@Play: Designing Social Values in Serious Games
Harnessing the power of Serious Games for humanistic principles Via: Values At Play - Designing Social Values in Computer Games Aware of the tremendous and wide-ranging impact games have in our world, the Values at Play (VAP) research project seeks to assist and encourage designers in creating games that further the understanding and appreciation of such values as equality, diversity, creativity, and many more. Values At Play ambition is to harness the power of video games in the service of humanistic [...]
Values@Play: Designing Social Values in Serious Games
Harnessing the power of Serious Games for humanistic principles Via: Values At Play - Designing Social Values in Computer Games Aware of the tremendous and wide-ranging impact games have in our world, the Values at Play (VAP) research project seeks to assist and encourage designers in creating games that further the understanding and appreciation of such values as equality, diversity, creativity, and many more. Values At Play ambition is to harness the power of video games in the service of humanistic [...]
Guitar Hero: Beatles Edition
Beatles music may soon be strumming a new tune via air guitar video games, according to a report in the Financial Times . Apple Corps and EMI, which respectively represent The Beatles’ business interests and ownership of its master recordings, have reportedly been in discussions with video game publishers Activision and MTV Games.Under a possible deal that could be worth several million dollars, users could put their air guitar to use while listening to The Beatles and playing Activision’s Guitar Hero [...]
'Darlings' of UK games honoured
Two of the pioneers of the UK video games industry are recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. Source:'Darlings' of UK games honoured Tags: Tech News, technology