1. SERIOUS GAMES ANDVIRTUAL WORLS João Fernandes

2. video-games miths VIDEO-GAMES MYTHS VIRTUAL WORLDS AND SERIOUS GAMES

3. video-games miths CHILDREN ARE THE PRIMARY MARKET FOR VIDEO GAMES VIRTUAL WORLDS AND SERIOUS GAMES

4. age distribution © JOÃO FERNANDES - 2011 SERIOUS GAMES AND VIRTUAL WORLDS

5. age distribution © JOÃO FERNANDES - 2011 SERIOUS GAMES AND VIRTUAL WORLDS 37 YEARS OLD the age of the average player

6. ALMOST NO GIRLS PLAY COMPUTER GAMES

7. gender distribution © JOÃO FERNANDES – 2011 SERIOUS GAMES AND VIRTUAL WORLDS

8. VIDEO GAME PLAY IS SOCIALLY ISOLATING

9. video-games social component Almost 60 percent of frequent gamers play with friends. 33percent play with siblings and 25 percent play with spouses or parents. A growing number of games are designed for multiple players © JOÃO FERNANDES - 2011 SERIOUS GAMES AND VIRTUAL WORLDS

10. VIDEO GAMES MARKET AND INDUSTRY

11. time playing © JOÃO FERNANDES – 2011 SERIOUS GAMES AND VIRTUAL WORLDS 18 HOURS Average time spent PER WEEK by gamers playing video-games

12. best selling © JOÃO FERNANDES - 2011 SERIOUS GAMES AND VIRTUAL WORLDS The mario franshining is the most sucessful video game series, selling over 225 million games

13. video-games market Video games are now a $20 billion industry in the U.S. and the Entertainment Software Association has over 30 member companies, including Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony and Electronic Arts. The entertainment software industry is currently one of the best performing sectors of the American economy © JOÃO FERNANDES - 2011 SERIOUS GAMES AND VIRTUAL WORLDS

14. video-games conclusion Video games are not for children. People spend a lot of their time playing. People socialize using games. Video-games are expanding market. © JOÃO FERNANDES - 2011 SERIOUS GAMES AND VIRTUAL WORLDS

15. serious-games in 1970 “We are concerned with serious games in the sense that these game have an explicit and carefully thought-out educational purpose and are not intended to be played primarily for amusement” In Abt, C. (1970). Serious Games. New York: The Viking Press. © JOÃO FERNANDES - 2011 SERIOUS GAMES AND VIRTUAL WORLDS

16. serious-games in 2005 “a mental contest, played with a computer in accordance with specific rules that uses entertainment to further government or corporate training, education health, public policy and strategic communication objectives” In Zyda, M. (2005). “From visual simulation to virtual reality to games”. IEEE Computer. © JOÃO FERNANDES - 2011 SERIOUS GAMES AND VIRTUAL WORLDS

17. serious-games concept A serious game is a game designed for a primary purpose other than pure entertainment. The "serious" adjective is generally prepended to refer to products used by industries like defense, education, scientific exploration, health care, emergency management, city planning, engineering, religion and politics. © JOÃO FERNANDES - 2011 SERIOUS GAMES AND VIRTUAL WORLDS

18. SERIOUS-GAMES HISTORY

19. ancient games Fortunetelling with sheep’s bones come from India do Africa around 40.000BC The earlist know dice were from Iran around 3.000BC © JOÃO FERNANDES - 2011 SERIOUS GAMES AND VIRTUAL WORLDS

20. ancient games Game have always had a serious purpose: Fortune Telling Battle planning Gambling Game mechanisms began to emerge 5000 years ago “Serious” is from the perspective of the society Fortune telling in 3000BC are equivalent to the use of mathematics and science in 2000AC © JOÃO FERNANDES - 2011 SERIOUS GAMES AND VIRTUAL WORLDS

21. military games Naval War College opened in 1884 Developed operational war fighting concepts through research and wargaming. Wargaming introduced in 1886 by William McCarty-Little © JOÃO FERNANDES - 2011 SERIOUS GAMES AND VIRTUAL WORLDS

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23. first computer wargame 1948 “Air Defense Simulation” Hosted on the Univac Computer North American air defence Naval anti-aircraft guided missiles © JOÃO FERNANDES - 2011 SERIOUS GAMES AND VIRTUAL WORLDS

24. WHY THEY USE IT?

25. SPACE EXPLORATION

26. ENERGY SECTOR

27. FLIGHT TRAINING

28. HEALTH SECTOR

29. POLITICS

30. YET THEY ARE NOT THE SOLUTION FOR EVERYTHING!

31. VIDEO GAMES FOR TRAINING

35. serious-games in the classroom New technologies (from television to computers) are always suspect when applied to training and education. What seems obvious to a later generation was not obvious or accepted when the technology first became available. What is the cause? Cultural Fixation Emotional Resistance Technical Limitations Lack of vision © JOÃO FERNANDES - 2011 SERIOUS GAMES AND VIRTUAL WORLDS

36. GAMES IN BUSINESS?

37. ERRORS DON’T KILL PEOPLE BUT THEY COST MONEY

38. ERRORS AFFECT THE COMPANY'S CREDIBILITY

39. serious-games in business A way to simulate different situation in a controlled environment. Completion of the training and evaluation of human resources. Adaptation of contents to employees to maximize the outcome. © JOÃO FERNANDES - 2011 SERIOUS GAMES AND VIRTUAL WORLDS

40. serious-games in business © JOÃO FERNANDES - 2011 SERIOUS GAMES AND VIRTUAL WORLDS

41. serious-games in business © JOÃO FERNANDES - 2011 SERIOUS GAMES AND VIRTUAL WORLDS

42. VIRTUAL WORLDS

43. context Over the last decade there have been three primary learning modalities used for employee development: Live instructor led, synchronous settings like a classroom or conference room Electronic, synchronous learning through audio or web conference systems Electronic, asynchronous, self-paced learning also called e-learning. © JOÃO FERNANDES - 2011 SERIOUS GAMES AND VIRTUAL WORLDS

44. Most corporations have heavily invested in both web conferencing and e-learning systems

45. virtual worlds advantages Practice Until Perfect Add Gaming or Problem Solving Blend Learning with Social Contexts Let’s Have Fun The Millennials Want This Technology © JOÃO FERNANDES - 2011 SERIOUS GAMES AND VIRTUAL WORLDS

46. COSTS

47. virtual worlds costs © JOÃO FERNANDES - 2011 SERIOUS GAMES AND VIRTUAL WORLDS

48. virtual worlds cost © JOÃO FERNANDES - 2011 SERIOUS GAMES AND VIRTUAL WORLDS

49. virtual worlds cost © JOÃO FERNANDES - 2011 SERIOUS GAMES AND VIRTUAL WORLDS

50. ACTIVE WORLDS - EDUCATIONAL UNIVERSE

51. active worlds Activeworlds offers a comprehensive platform for efficiently delivering real-time interactive 3D content over the web. Activeworlds' 3D content is dynamic, visually compelling and most importantly provides users a richer, more exciting online experience. http://www.activeworlds.com/ © JOÃO FERNANDES - 2011 SERIOUS GAMES AND VIRTUAL WORLDS

52. SCILANDS

53. scilands The SciLands is a specialised region of Second Life for Science and Technology based organizations There are over 20 science and technology related organizations in the SciLands, including government agencies, universities and museums. http://www.scilands.org/ © JOÃO FERNANDES - 2011 SERIOUS GAMES AND VIRTUAL WORLDS

54. PROTOSHERE

55. protoshere ProtoSphereis the market-leading virtual collaboration environment for the high-performance workplace, and the #1 virtual environment for collaborative Product Lifecycle Management in life sciences. ProtoSphere’s innovative environment has the unique ability to tie together multiple forms of unified communications/collaboration and 3D visualization technologies to foster fast and timely collaborative decision making in the enterprise. © JOÃO FERNANDES - 2011 SERIOUS GAMES AND VIRTUAL WORLDS

56. VIRTUAL OFFICE PROJECT

57. virtual office - context Project developed in the context of 3D Simulation and Game Programming course in IST Virtual Office is a prototype virtual world develop for the Portuguese IT companies. The project requirements were done in partnership with several companies. © JOÃO FERNANDES - 2011 SERIOUS GAMES AND VIRTUAL WORLDS

58. virtual office 1 month of development 2 to 3 persons per group Balance between 3D development and functionalities Integration with external API like: Gmail, Microsoft… © JOÃO FERNANDES - 2011 SERIOUS GAMES AND VIRTUAL WORLDS

59. STUDENTS PRESENTATION