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Pervasive Health Games

Pervasive Health Games
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Author(s): Martin Knöll (University of Stuttgart, Germany)
Copyright: 2010
Pages: 10
Source title: Serious Game Design and Development: Technologies for Training and Learning
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Jan Cannon-Bowers (University of Central Florida, USA)and Clint Bowers (University of Central Florida, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61520-739-8.ch014

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Abstract

Prevention and therapy of emerging lifestyle diseases are strongly linked to daily behavior, physical activity, and knowledge of healthy life. The potentials of serious game applications in a health context for user’s motivation, education, and therapy compliance is investigated and so far widely accepted. Pervasive Health Games (PHGs) combine pervasive computing technologies with serious game design strategies, in order to unfold user’s playground to the city and therefore to their everyday life. The following article presents the typology of PHG within Games for Health as an interdisciplinary working field consisting of health care, psychology, game design, sports science, and urban research. A brief introduction to the theme is illustrated with a conceptual “showcase,” a pervasive game concept for young diabetics.

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