Design and Use of Serious Games (Intelligent Systems, Control and Automation: Science and Engineering)
Marja Helena Kankaanranta (Ed.)
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Description for Design and Use of Serious Games (Intelligent Systems, Control and Automation: Science and Engineering)
Paperback. Serious games offer an engaging, self-reinforcing context in which to motivate and educate the players. This book provides a multidisciplinary perspective on different aspects of the serious game field. Editor(s): Kankaanranta, Marja Helena; Neittaanmaki, Pekka. Series: Intelligent Systems, Control and Automation: Science and Engineering. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNMT; JNV; TBD; UGK; UMZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 310.
During the last few years, a new area of creative media industry, namely Serious Games, has started to emerge around the world. The term serious games has become more popular for example in the fields of education, business, welfare and safety. Despite this, there has been no single definition of serious games. A key question, what the concept itself means, has stayed unsolved though most have agreed on a definition that serious games are games or game-like interactive systems developed with game technology and design principles for a primary purpose other than pure entertainment. In ... Read more
During the last few years, a new area of creative media industry, namely Serious Games, has started to emerge around the world. The term serious games has become more popular for example in the fields of education, business, welfare and safety. Despite this, there has been no single definition of serious games. A key question, what the concept itself means, has stayed unsolved though most have agreed on a definition that serious games are games or game-like interactive systems developed with game technology and design principles for a primary purpose other than pure entertainment. In ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Series
Intelligent Systems, Control and Automation: Science and Engineering
Condition
New
Weight
309g
Number of Pages
206
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789048181414
SKU
V9789048181414
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Reviews for Design and Use of Serious Games (Intelligent Systems, Control and Automation: Science and Engineering)
From the reviews: Kankaanranta and Neittaanmaki (Univ. of Jyvaskyla, Finland) provide an eclectic collection of 13 papers focused on the emerging field of serious games ... . The volume is divided into four sections ... . The papers are derived from presentations made at a serious games conference held in 2008 at the Univ. ... Read more