A Classification Model for Serious Games Used in Museums, Galleries and Other Cultural Sites

Paliokas, Ioannis; Sylaiou, Stella

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-12453-3_122

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“…In the cultural heritage field and especially for museums, games are considered an effective tool to motivate visitors and provide engaging and memorable user experiences [11,12]. Various applications and approaches have been developed in order to communicate and safeguard cultural heritage [13] and to study fundamental concepts and features such as presence, immersion [14], visitors profiling and museum advertising [11].…”

Section: Cultural Heritage and Gamesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…SGs can effectively communicate cultural heritage by experiences that combine learning and entertainment, trigger interest, motivate further engagement with cultural heritage [29] and help visitors gain experience and knowledge [12,30]. They place emphasis on historical reconstruction, on cultural and heritage awareness, on history education, on museum visits, on Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) safeguarding and transmission [6,8].…”

Section: Serious Games In Cultural Heritagementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Additionally, the simple features and function of a cultural product contribute to a positive user experience [31]. Finally, SGs are different from games in other fields: Their purpose and objectives differ [12] and the cultural context differs compared to other fields since the content in cultural sites is complex, visitors are diverse and usually they visit a place only once with limited available time [11].…”

Section: Serious Games In Cultural Heritagementioning

confidence: 99%

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