Gaming for Meaningful Interactions in Teleworking Lessons Learned during the COVID-19 Pandemic from Integrating Gaming in Virtual Meetings

The recent need for social-distancing caused by COVID-19 resulted in working remotely, which can cause loneliness and disconnect from the organization. The pandemic stimulated people to look for novel ways to interact and, at the same time, socialize with each other. The change to home office increased the number of people using digital video...

Requirements and Game Ideas for Social Interaction in Mobile Outdoor Games

Challenging neighbourhoods in large cities most often lack social coherence. Meaningful social interaction between citizens in such neighbourhoods is needed to increase coherence, and games may be a means to this end. This paper reflects on the structure of a dedicated game design workshop with teenagers from 12 to 16 years of age designed to...

Meaningful interactions for rehabilitation therapy

Motor rehabilitation therapy requires patients to be highly motivated in order to exercise regularly. However, rehabilitation practices are not designed to be motivating and are of repetitive nature. This is why patients are not motivated to exercise frequently and fail to engage with therapy. As a result of that they cannot regain their hand...