Thank You for referencing this work, if you find it useful! Reference/Citation: A. Bujari, M. Ciman, O. Gaggi, C. E. Palazzi: "Can a Game improve People's Lives? The case of Serious Games?", In Proceedings of the EAI International Conference on Smart Objects and Technologies for Social Good (GOODTECHS 2015), October 2015, Rome, Italy

1. Can a Game improve
People’s Life?
The case of Serious Games
Armir Bujari, Matteo Ciman,
Ombretta Gaggi, Claudio E. Palazzi
Department of Mathematics
University of Padua, Italy
{abujari, mciman, gaggi, cpalazzi}@math.unipd.it
GOODTECHS 2015
Rome, Italy

2. Serious Games
• Teach something (serious) in a funny way (game)
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3. Exergames

4. Exergames
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5. DroidGlove - Idea
• Rehabilitation therapy
of a limb is usually
based on the same
sequence of
movements for several
times
– Many times
– Should be done correctly
!! BORING !!
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6. DroidGlove
• First step visit to the doctor
• The therapist defines the set
of exercises
• The patient can exercise
wherever and whenever
he/she wants and send data
to the doctor
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7. Sedentary life and bad nutrition are increasing
overweight people
Increasing number of diseases like diabetes,
cancer etc.
Higher medical costs
Unhealthy lifestyle
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8. ClimbTheWorld
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9. ClimbTheWorld
SoloClimb SocialChallenge Team vs. Team
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10. Serious games
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in the medical field

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12. Re-Mission
• Game for children with cancer developed by
the University of Stanford and HopeLab
Objectives:
– Explain to the patient his/her situation
– Reduce the drop out from therapy phenomena
– Let patients communicate together
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13. Re-Mission
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14. PlayWithEyes
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15. PlayWithEyes
• Standard visual acuity
tests are extremely
boring for children
• Necessary to get child
attention to be able to
perform an accurate
diagnosis
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16. PlayWithEyes at work
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17. CVI – Cerebral Visual Impairment
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18. Lesson learnt – The team
The team is composed by people with
completely different backgrounds:
• Doctor: knows the disease and how to treat it.
Defines the requirements of the game
• Psychologist: helps in defining the game, with
particular attention to the user
• Developer: knows the technology, designs and
develops the game
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19. Team collaboration
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20. The team
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21. Can a Game improve
People’s Life?
The case of Serious Games
Armir Bujari, Matteo Ciman,
Ombretta Gaggi, Claudio E. Palazzi
Department of Mathematics
University of Padua, Italy
{abujari, mciman, gaggi, cpalazzi}@math.unipd.it
GOODTECHS
2015
Rome, Italy