“A Priest in the Air”

Dias, João; Veloso, Ana Isabel; Ribeiro, Tânia

doi:10.23919/cisti.2019.8760748

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“…HMD-VR health games presented game design with a range of detail (Table 2); 8 of 29 games lacked sufficient detail to summarize in terms of mechanics, dynamics, and aesthetics. Meaningful play, which has been previously discussed in games for health [31,32], was not mentioned at all, while only a handful of studies framed game design in terms of designing gameplay or mechanics [48,51,54,55,57,60,63]. In many studies, especially those where multiple small-scale games were involved, game design was typically described as a brief scenario in terms of game controls, thematic setting, primary activity, and game outcome, which was usually a score.…”

Section: Game Design In Hmd-vr Health Gamesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Being able to discern the actual strategies and approaches to game playing that are designed for players to enact will help us to better understand how particular game design choices work to support behavior change. In studies that did provide greater detail, few explicitly addressed game design on a theoretical level [48,60]. Notably, one game was designed in consideration of the MDA framework [57].…”

Section: Game Design In Hmd-vr Health Gamesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Only three games involved narrative as a means of engaging end-users. For example, the upper-limb stroke rehabilitation game, "A Priest in the Air", sets the player traveling through different countries in an air balloon to reach a king, using arm movements to guide the balloon into point-scoring objects [60]. Other games simply involved aesthetics in terms of thematic setting and goals [62,70,76].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The cycling game by Barathi and colleagues follows this route by creating dynamic moods of calm and urgency as the player fulfills the role of a bicycle delivery person weaving in and out of traffic [57]. At a smaller scale, multisensory design elements such as visual effects and audio cues were often pointed to specifically for providing feedback and lending sense-pleasure aesthetics: for example, particles emitting from a butterfly [66] or sounds accompanying reward collection and other events [60,70].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Nevertheless, the HMD-VR health games reviewed have used mechanics such as varied challenges, goals, and environments to support replayability [57,74]. Cycling Obstacle Course [55] and A Priest in the Air [60] also involve decision-making through branching paths that can also support replayability. Other approaches in games industry include varied player abilities, player roles, or mechanics using randomization [100].…”

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Immersive virtual reality health games: a narrative review of game design

Tao

Garrett

Taverner

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J NeuroEngineering Rehabil

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Background High quality head-mounted display based virtual reality (HMD-VR) has become widely available, spurring greater development of HMD-VR health games. As a behavior change approach, these applications use HMD-VR and game-based formats to support long-term engagement with therapeutic interventions. While the bulk of research to date has primarily focused on the therapeutic efficacy of particular HMD-VR health games, how developers and researchers incorporate best-practices in game design to achieve engaging experiences remains underexplored. This paper presents the findings of a narrative review exploring the trends and future directions of game design for HMD-VR health games. Methods We searched the literature on the intersection between HMD-VR, games, and health in databases including MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, PsycINFO, and Compendex. We identified articles describing HMD-VR games designed specifically as health applications from 2015 onwards in English. HMD-VR health games were charted and tabulated according to technology, health context, outcomes, and user engagement in game design. Findings We identified 29 HMD-VR health games from 2015 to 2020, with the majority addressing health contexts related to physical exercise, motor rehabilitation, and pain. These games typically involved obstacle-based challenges and extrinsic reward systems to engage clients in interventions related to physical functioning and pain. Less common were games emphasizing narrative experiences and non-physical exercise interventions. However, discourse regarding game design was diverse and often lacked sufficient detail. Game experience was evaluated using primarily ad-hoc questionnaires. User engagement in the development of HMD-VR health games primarily manifested as user studies. Conclusion HMD-VR health games are promising tools for engaging clients in highly immersive experiences designed to address diverse health contexts. However, more in-depth and structured attention to how HMD-VR health games are designed as game experiences is needed. Future development of HMD-VR health games may also benefit from greater involvement of end-users in participatory approaches.

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Section: Game Design In Hmd-vr Health Gamesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Game Design In Hmd-vr Health Gamesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Game Design In Hmd-vr Health Gamesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Game Design In Hmd-vr Health Gamesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Game Design In Hmd-vr Health Gamesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Immersive virtual reality health games: a narrative review of game design

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Garrett

Taverner

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J NeuroEngineering Rehabil

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Older Adults and Digital Game Trends, Challenges and Benefits

Mohsin

Jali

Bandan

et al. 2021

2021 IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on Computer Science and Data Engineering (CSDE)

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Wearable Interactions for Users with Motor Impairments: Systematic Review, Inventory, and Research Implications

Şiean

Vatavu

2021

Proceedings of the 23rd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

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“A Priest in the Air”

Cited by 3 publications

References 15 publications

Immersive virtual reality health games: a narrative review of game design

Immersive virtual reality health games: a narrative review of game design

Older Adults and Digital Game Trends, Challenges and Benefits

Wearable Interactions for Users with Motor Impairments: Systematic Review, Inventory, and Research Implications

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