Games for Health 2014 Opening Slides
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The document discusses the potential of video games in promoting health and wellness, focusing on tools that engage users in active lifestyles and healthier choices. It highlights upcoming events such as the 2014 Summer Game Jam and conferences, while encouraging developers to create health-focused games and applications. A variety of health issues are addressed, including nutrition, cognitive health, and emotional well-being, with an emphasis on community collaboration and innovative game design.
Games for Health 2014 Opening Slides
- 3. Games for Health: The Promise Identify, and make available comparative advantages all of videogames offer... Build accessible tools to model & play with health... Public Core engagement for active & healthy lifestyle development Engage & Motivate Change & Support Scale & Sustain News forms of active communication w/better results Help People Make Better Choices
- 5. 2014 Summer Game Jam 6/20-6/22 SPSU (Atlanta),
- 6. September 5-7, 2014 ! Conference September 8-9, 2014 ! Kuopio, Finland
- 9. Silent Enemy
- 17. “Video gaming enhances cognitive skills that decline with age”
- 18. “I’m sure you’re thinking of Wii Fit, but this is not like anything we have made before…” The CEO was vague about the details of the new health business, hinting that the device or service could be used "beyond the living room" unlike the sports and fitness games available for its Wii and Wii U consoles.
- 26. “So on the complete outer edge of reality, if they did announce an iWatch, and if it does look amazing, and if you can develop apps for it, i would be so stoked.” - Zach Gage
- 28. What Should EVERYONE Play?
- 29. Not disease based Consumer biz/dist models multiple health issues ideally global be healthier immediately... offers population effects address new health model & health literacy needs
- 30. First Aid Positive Psychology & PERMA Exergaming Nutrition RiskyMe Healthy Me Probability Anti-Drug, Smoking, STD, Alcohol Cognitive Health Hygiene/ Infectious Health Stress Health Finances &Consumption Vaccines Crowdsourcing Self Diagnostics Emotional Health
- 31. The NomNom GameKit Project Better Nutrition Games Food
- 32. Catch the Fruit We’re not kidding!
- 33. Idea: Prototyping Kit! “Prototype more, suck less” - Greg Costikyan
- 34. Food Cards FRUIT Alerts Namespace $ Three Data Boxes Background color matches MyPlate Circle spot ideal for picture of item e.g. Common Serving Size, Calories, Fats 1. Allergy 2. Empty Calories 3. Processed 4. Sodium Alert ! are 4 possible alerts binary labels to place here possible contextual modifier (e.g. whole grain for grains)
- 35. Verb Sticker/Writing Area i IMAGE! AREA Icons, Instructions, etc. Color Code! Modifier Area Action Code Area 32 AB Hunger Cue +1 Roll to see if you snack between meals
- 36. Kits • 100+ kits will be ready fall ’14 • Individuals & Organizations apply to receive a kit! • Kit awardees must produce 1 prototype and post ingredients plus rules • Sponsored jams, contests to incentivize developers • Make your own kit files available for download
- 38. W E M A D E T H E W O R L D ’ S F I R S T M O B I L E A C T I V E G A M E E N G I N E … W H A T I F ?
- 39. Human Joysticks T U R N I N G R E A L - W O R L D H U M A N A C T I V I T Y & D E C I S I O N S I N T O I N P U T S T H A T D R I V E G A M E S Y O U P L A Y A S Y O U G O A B O U T Y O U R D A Y Y O U R A C T I O N S A R E T H E J O Y S T I C K
- 40. M E I L I A R C H I T E C T U R E P L AY E R A U D I O A S S E T S . WAV, . A I F, . O G G , . M P 3 J S O N S T R U C T U R E D D ATA E N A B L E S E A S Y “ E V E N T D R I V E N ” P R O G R A M M I N G H T M L ( 5 ) S Y S T E M S U P P O R T S H T M L 5 F O R M O R E A D VA N C E D U I J AVA S C R I P T J AVA S C R I P T E N G I N E I S AVA I L A B L E AT “ S O U R C E C O D E L E V E L ” P H O N E G A P / C O R D O VA X - P L AT F O R M E N G I N E W / N AT I V E P L U G I N S I O S A N D R O I D W I N D O W S P H O N E
- 41. Output Activity & Gesture Engine Gestur al Activity One Handed “Blind” Inputs Other Environmental & Device Camera GPS Mic Time/ Date Input Screen Tilt Game Engine Structured Data JSON Aural Background Speech Music SFX Screen & Device Screen Color LED Force Feedback Log Web services in Web services out ITTT Twitter/ FB TXTs Photos Weather Push Notificatio n Meili Engine A PhoneGap framework for enabling active gaming on mobile devices, Battery
- 42. Output Activity & Gesture Engine Gestural Activity One Handed “Blind” Inputs Other Environmental & Device Camera GPS Mic Time/ Date Input Screen Tilt Game Engine Structured Data JSON Aural Background Speech Music SFX Screen & Device Screen Color LED Force Feedback Log Web services in Web services out ITTT Twitter/ FB TXTs Photos Weather Push Notification Battery Meili Engine Status
- 43. W H A T C A N Y O U B U I L D W I T H M E I L I A C T I O N G A M E S N A R R AT I V E S S T R AT E G Y G A M E S M E I L I C A N F U E L N E W I D E A S F O R A U G M E N T E D G A M E S O F TA G , N E W S P O R T S , R E A L - T I M E A C T I O N G A M E S B A S E D O N M O V E M E N T M E I L I ’ S K E Y S T R E N G T H : M O B I L E A U D I O A D V E N T U R E T O O L K I T. C R E AT E Y O U R O W N G U M S H O E M Y S T E R I E S , S C A RY S T O R I E S F O R N I G H T T I M E WA L K S & H I S T O R I C A L N A R R AT I V E S B A S E D O N R E A L W O R L D L O C AT I O N S R E S O U R C E M A N A G E M E N T W H E R E Y O U P H Y S I C A L LY M O V E I T E M S A R O U N D A R E A L M A P M U S I C G A M E S M E D I TAT I O N R P G S L O A D U P S O U N D T R A C K S , A N D R E WA R D T H E I R M O V E M E N T W I T H M E I L I M E I L I D E T E C T S S T I L L N E S S A S W E L L A S M O V E M E N T T H E W O R L D C A N B E C O M E T H E M A P
- 44. Active Gaming Challenge! Coming August 2014
- 45. December 7-11, 2014! Washington, DC Games for Health Pavilion!
- 47. Give me your ideas… Ideas wanted…
- 48. • The shift to being a real business has begun - the stakes are raised!! • Huge platforms and players are coming - how do you adapt? • Wearables are about to explode… what can you make?! • Some of the best games for health are games about health… will you make something too?! • Some areas (e.g. nutrition) are still wide open… can you crack the code?! • Bigger partners are helping to level up the field… join us! Future…