Virtual Reality Energizes Pre-Service Special Ed Teachers Avatars simulate scenarios that allow pre-service teachers to develop their problem-solving skills Pre-service teachers at the University of North Georgia now use virtual reality avatars to prepare to work in K-12 special … READ MORE
Shrouded Citadel Interview: Discover the Secrets Behind the AR Adventure Epic
Shrouded Citadel Interview: Discover the Secrets Behind the AR Adventure Epic What does a 40 year old Dungeons & Dragons-style RPG and a modern day AR adventure game have in common? Well, a rather surprising amount as we discovered during our interview with Shrouded Citadel’s creator, Robert … READ MORE
The Carnegie Rule of Game Design: 6 Ways to Make Things Interesting
The Carnegie Rule of Game Design: 6 Ways to Make Things Interesting Dale Carnegie wrote How to Win Friends and Influence People back in 1936, and I've heard jokes about it for my entire life. The book gets thrown around as a cliché because it serves as a useful way to communicate. (If it wasn’t … READ MORE
MindMaze Defines the Future of Brain Health with Digital Neurotherapeutics Portfolio
MindMaze Defines the Future of Brain Health with Digital Neurotherapeutics Portfolio LAUSANNE, Switzerland -- MindMaze Healthcare (MMHC), a global pioneer in the multibillion-dollar digital neurotherapeutics market, today shared its roadmap for its commercial product portfolio and clinical … READ MORE
Neurogaming is Changing Therapy
Neurogaming is Changing Therapy NEUROGAMING is still a relatively new field although Lat Ware demonstrated the confluence of brain science and video game design with his meditative competitive game Throw Trucks With Your Mind already in 2014. The game allowed people to perform certain actions … READ MORE
Scientists Created a Video Game That Makes People Hear Sounds That Aren’t Real
Scientists Created a Video Game That Makes People Hear Sounds That Aren't Real Scientists induced people and mice to report hearing sounds that did not actually exist while playing a computer game, an effect called “hallucination-like perception,” according to a new study. The cross-species … READ MORE
Memory Game Teaches Kids, Adults About Philippine Native Trees
Memory Game Teaches Kids, Adults About Philippine Native Trees MANILA, Philippines — Funny Cow Games released an educational game that allows children and kids at heart to learn more about native trees in the Philippines. ForesTree: A Memory Match-Up Game teaches players about Philippine native … READ MORE
Should Your Organisation be Implementing Gamification?
Should Your Organisation be Implementing Gamification? Ever wondered why parents use games to maintain their kids’ attention and keep them active? Friendly competition and the ambition to win is a fool-proof engagement strategy. But this seems to be something we forget as we get older. Playing … READ MORE
Automotive Gamification Market Forecast to 2027
Automotive Gamification Market Forecast to 2027 Arcaris, IncBunchball, IncCallidus, Software, IncInglobe, TechnologiesMicrosoft, CorporationNissanPlaybasisRE’FLEKT, GmbHRobert, Bosch, GmbHSAP, SE Gamification Technology refers to the driver’s safety and security. A typical safety app would … READ MORE
How Your Business Can Implement Gamification to Motivate a Fatigued Workforce
How Your Business Can Implement Gamification to Motivate a Fatigued Workforce There’s a reason that parents use games to maintain their kids’ attention and keep them active. Friendly competition and the desire to win is a guaranteed way to engage people; however, it is something we seem to forget … READ MORE
The Turnover of the Video Game Development Industry in Spain Grows to 920 Million Euros
Despite its good health, it continues to face the same problems Turnover in this industry in Spain was 920 million euros and the outlook for the future is very positive. Specifically, a 17% increase is expected in the coming years, reaching 1,723 million euros in 2023. On the positive side, 415 … READ MORE
How Virtual Worlds Could Soon Become Essential Training Tools
How Virtual Worlds Could Soon Become Essential Training Tools Video games offer students obvious respite from the stresses of studies and, now, a study from a University of Ottawa medical student has found they could benefit surgical skills training. Arnav Gupta carries a heavy course load as a … READ MORE
The VR Training Gives Airmen Practical Experience Convincing a Peer to Seek Help
The VR Training Gives Airmen Practical Experience Convincing a Peer to Seek Help The U.S. Air Force is using virtual reality technology to give airmen the practical experience needed to be able to help colleagues in a mental health emergency in a program that will be expanded to incorporate military spouses as well. In 2019, […]
The Air Force’s Virtual Reality Fighter Training Is Working Best for 5th-Gen Pilots
The Air Force’s Virtual Reality Fighter Training Is Working Best for 5th-Gen Pilots The Air Force is finding that experimental virtual reality fighter pilot training is working best for students who want to fly the service’s most advanced stealth platforms — though leaders are not exactly sure why. Maj. Gen. Craig Wills, 19th Air Force […]
Study: Gamification Techniques Can Improve Online Teaching (Campus Technology)
Study: Gamification Techniques Can Improve Online Teaching “A new study out of MIT’s Sloan School of Management explores the use of ideas and tools from the gaming community to improve online teaching and student learning outcomes. Among the techniques highlighted: using strong narratives throughout lectures; providing students with constant streams of input via a variety […]
Games Industry Reflects on and Recommits to #PlayApartTogether Campaign at One Year Milestone
Games Industry Reflects on and Recommits to #PlayApartTogether Campaign at One Year Milestone Campaign Encourages Players to Follow Health and Safety Guidelines for COVID-19 from the World Health Organization; Provides Information and Social Connection SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today, leaders from the global games industry who participated in #PlayApartTogether committed to reactivate the initiative launched one year […]
Gaming Platform Play Improves Function in Residents with Dementia
Nursing home residents with severe impairment due to dementia had significant cognitive and physical skill improvement after training regularly on a motivating fitness game known as Exergame, according to researchers from ETH Zürich, in Switzerland. Previous studies in healthy elders without dementia have found that those who receive body and mind training simultaneously demonstrate better […]
U.S. State Department Announces New Video Game Diplomacy Program
U.S. State Department Announces New Video Game Diplomacy Program American culture has been projected overseas in various ways: Elvis, blue jeans, Coca-Cola, MTV, Hollywood films. Now, in a program announced Wednesday by the U.S. Department of State, this pantheon will include video games. In the latest round of Stevens Initiative grants, the U.S. Department of […]
After Becker’s Closing, Clark to Absorb Game Design, Esports Programs
After Becker’s Closing, Clark to Absorb Game Design, Esports Programs Becker College will stop operations at the close of the spring semester, but a few of its best-known programs will live on through a Worcester neighbor, Clark University. Clark said – just hours after Becker announced it would close permanently — it is starting […]
Medical Video Games: Level Ex Enters the Pharma-Sales Relationship
Medical Video Games: Level Ex Enters the Pharma-Sales Relationship Level Ex has launched two new video game platforms designed to improve the relationships between companies and healthcare professionals, something which has been a challenge in the pandemic. Chloe Kent looks at these new solutions and how they can help make business relationships more meaningful while […]
