1. Serious games at the UNHCR with ARLearn, a
toolkit for mobile and virtual reality applications
Atish Gonsalves2, Stefaan Ternier1, Fred de Vries1 & Marcus Specht1
1Open University of the Netherlands
2UNHCR
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2. Augmented Reality
=
camera + gps + accelerometer
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3. 3
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4. Senses
• sight
• hearing
• taste
• smell
• touch
• balance
• ....
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5. ARLearn: hearing
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6. ARLearn toolkit
Serious gaming
Fieldtrip system
Augmented Reality mobile app Virtual reality
Notification framework
Rich media
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7. ARLearn and Google App Engine
Open source
App Engine
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8. Serious games
• Scoring
• Progress
• Team play Run
• Roles Teams
Players Stefaan
Game
Marcus
Welcome message
Assignment 1 Answers
Feedback Actions
Assignment 2
Run 2
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9. Lifecycle of a media item
Invisible
dependsOn
visible
disappearOn
Invisible
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10. ARLearn data model
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11. ARLearn dependency model
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12. ARLearn Case studies
Florence case Amsterdam case Hostage case
Game Scavenger game Adventure game Decision game
design
Delivery augmented reality augmented virtuality augmented reality
Channel
Pedagogic situated learning expository learning learning through
approach decision taking
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13. Hostage Simulation: Real World
Training for critical situations
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14. Roles / teams
Head of Office - Security Officer - Staff Welfare
a role is performed by a small group with smartphone.
advance organizer for real drill
take decissions / collaborate
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17. ELENA: language learning for kids (4-6y)
context!
game patterns
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18. Cultural Science Fieldtrip in Florence
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19. Streetlearn: ARLearn streetview client
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20. More...
• http://portal.ou.nl/web/topic-mobile-learning/
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