Seriously fun - Exploring how to combine promoting health awareness and engaging gameplay

MindTrek - 12th International MindTrek Conference: Entertainment and Media in the Ubiquitous Era

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 18-22

  Suhonen, Katja ^a   Äätäjä, Heli ^a   Virtanen, Tytti ^a   Raisamo, Roope ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Education; Exercise; Gaming; Health; Learning; Mobile device; Serious games

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; DESIGN IMPLICATIONS; EDUCATIONAL ASPECTS; GAME DESIGNERS; GAMING; HEALTH AWARENESS; MULTI-PLAYER GAMING; OFFLINE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SERIOUS GAMES; USER EXPERIENCE;

EDUCATION; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; MOBILE DEVICES; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

HEALTH;

EID: 70450267686     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1457199.1457204     Document Type: Conference Paper

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