LudoScience

Realistic Simulation of Cultural Heritage (Diffusion de nos travaux)

AbstractOne of the most challenging problems in the simulation of real environments is to generate worlds that appear realistic and more attractive. It becomes increasingly challenging when the simulated environment focuses on minors (students), because the young generation has high demands on simulation systems due to their experience in computer gaming. Virtual museums are among the most important simulation environments, which present cultural and educational content for everyone. Their purpo [...]

Mots-clés : Cultural Heritage , Serious Game

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IMPROVING SERIOUS GAME DESIGN THROUGH A DESCRIPTIVE CLASSIFICATION: A COMPARATION OF METHODOLOGIES (Diffusion de nos travaux)

ABSTRACT Serious game provides an instructional tool to make the learning process more enjoyable, easier to memorize and effective. It combines pedagogy goals and game play to increase the participant interest and engagement compared to traditional methods. In this paper, we compare several methodologies of game design relative to our classification proposal; it can assist the analysis and evaluation of serious game design, we illustrate how this classification helps several actors of desig [...]

Mots-clés : Serious Game, Learning, Game design, Comparative Study

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Le serious game : applications thérapeutiques en psychiatrie (Diffusion de nos travaux)

R é s u m é  Les serious games (SG) sont des applications informatiques visant à combiner des aspects utilitaires avec des ressorts ludiques issus du jeu vidéo. Le développement récent des technologies du numérique dans le domaine de la santé mentale permet d’envisager à ces nouveaux supports, une application dans la prise en charge des pathologies psychiatriques. Nous avons réalisé en mai 2014 une recherche [...]

Mots-clés : Psychiatrie, Jeu vidéo, Psychothérapie, Serious game, Pathologie psychiatrique

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Business Management Simulations - a detailed industry analysis as well as recommendations for the future (Diffusion de nos travaux)

Abstract  Being exposed to serious games showed that some simulations widely vary in quality and learning outcome. In order to get to the bottom of best practices a detailed review of business management simulation literature was conducted. Additionally, an industry analysis was performed, by interviewing 17 simulation companies, testing a range of full and demo games, and conducting secondary research. The findings from both research efforts were then collated and crossreferenced against e [...]

Mots-clés : Business Management Simulation Game, Technology Enhanced Learning, Serious Gaming, Best Practice

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Comparing Voluntary and Mandatory Gameplay (Diffusion de nos travaux)

Abstract Gameplay is commonly considered to be a voluntary activity. Game designers generally believe that voluntary gameplay is essentially different from mandatory gameplay. Such a belief may be a challenge for serious games, as instruction is usually mandatory. The article describes the outcomes of two experiments on the impact of voluntariness on the learning effect and enjoyment of a serious game. In the first experiment freedom of choosing to play a serious game was studied, with part [...]

Mots-clés : Serious games, Learning effect, Enjoyment, Mandatory play

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Game Dimensions and Pedagogical Dimension in Serious Games (Diffusion de nos travaux)

AbstractDesigning serious games is a complex process because finding the right balance between the ‘serious' and the ‘game' dimensions is vital, as pointed out in some meta-analyses (Wouters, et al. 2013). If educational content prevails over the entertainment element, users' motivation may decrease and this can have a negative impact on the effectiveness of learning. On the other hand, if entertainment predominates over content, this can also limit learning opportunities. Another ma [...]

Mots-clés : Serious Game, Design, Education, Jeux numériques, Models

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LES SERIOUS GAMES EN SANTÉ, DÉFINITION ET EXEMPLES. (Diffusion de nos travaux)

Selon la Commission générale de terminologie et de néologie, le Serious Game (Jeux sérieux, en français) est une application informatique utilisant les techniques et les ressorts ludiques du jeu vidéo à des fins d’enseignement, de formation, de perfectionnement professionnel et de communication ou d’information (2010).Selon le journal numérique buzz e-santé, en 2014, la valeur du marché mondiale de la simulati [...]

Mots-clés : Serious Game, Santé, Health game, e-santé

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DynaMus: a fully dynamic 3D virtual Museum framework (Diffusion de nos travaux)

AbstractThe evolving technologies of the game engines and the Web have reached a level of maturity that enables them to contribute significantly to the long-celebrated blending of culture and education with gaming. In this work, we present DynaMus, an innovative fully dynamic Web-based virtual museum framework that relies entirely on users’ creativity and on the exploitation of the rich content in distributed Web resources. DynaMus is able to connect to popular repositories, such as Europe [...]

Mots-clés : Dynamic, Virtual museum, Virtual exhibition, Game-based learning, Distributed data, Cultural resources

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E3 2016 : les nouveautés les plus attendues au plus grand salon mondial du jeu vidéo (Diffusion de nos travaux)

L'E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo), le plus grand salon annuel du jeu vidéo, se tiendra cette semaine du 14 au 16 juin au Los Angeles Convention Center à Los Angeles. Il réunira des journalistes du monde entier, et sera le théâtre d'annonces des nouveautés et exclusivités des plus grands éditeurs (Microsoft, Ubisoft, Sony, Nintendo) qui modèleront l'univers vidéoludique pour l'année toute entière.

Mots-clés : Jeu vidéo, Réalité Virtuelle, Salon, Industrie, Console, Xbox, Playstation, Nintendo

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Un jeu vidéo fait manger 5 fruits et légumes par jour aux enfants (Diffusion de nos travaux)

   Grâce à un « serious game », le gouvernement américain a réussi à faire manger 5 fruits et légumes par jour à des enfants entre 8 et 10 ans.Aux États-Unis, la lutte contre l'obésité infantile et pour la santé alimentaire fait l'objet de programmes des plus variés. Le dernier en date est un serious game (jeu à portée pédagogique) développé par le d&ea [...]

Mots-clés : Alimentation, Serious Game, Légumes, Fruits

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