Exploring gaming mechanisms to enhance knowledge acquisition in virtual worlds

Proceedings - 3rd International Conference on Digital Interactive Media in Entertainment and Arts, DIMEA 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 77-84

  Bellotti, Francesco ^a   Berta, Riccardo ^a   De Gloria, Alessandra ^a   Zappi, Victor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

3D reconstruction; Serious games; Virtual heritage

Indexed keywords

GAME THEORY; HYPERTEXT SYSTEMS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; RESTORATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

3-D ENVIRONMENTS; 3D RECONSTRUCTION; DEPTH INFORMATIONS; SERIOUS GAMES; VIRTUAL HERITAGE; VIRTUAL WORLDS;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 62849124687     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1413634.1413653     Document Type: Conference Paper

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