Entertaining the Whole World

Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4471-7222-2
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 156 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 2584 g

Reihe: Human–Computer Interaction Series

‘Entertainment media’ are entertainment products and services that rely on digital technology and include traditional media (such as movies, TV, computer animation etc) as well as emerging services for wireless and broadband, electronic toys, video games, edutainment, and location-based entertainment (from PC game rooms to theme parks).

Whilst most of the digital entertainment industry is found in the developed countries such as USA, Europe, and Japan, the decreasing costs of computer and programming technologies enables developing countries to really benefit from entertainment media in two ways: as creators and producers of games and entertainment for the global market and as a way to increase creativity and learning among the youth of the developing world.

Focusing specifically on initiatives that  use entertainment technologies to promote economic development, education, creativity and cultural dissemination, this book explores how current technology and the use of off-the-shelf technologies (such as cheap sensors, Kinect, Arduino and others) can be exploited to achieve more innovative and affordable ways to harness the entertainment power of creating. It poses questions such as ‘How can we convert consumers of entertainment into creators of entertainment?’ ‘How can digital entertainment make a contribution to the emerging world?’.

Academic researchers and students in human-computer interaction, entertainment computing, learning technologies will find the content thought-provoking, and companies and professionals in game and entertainment technology, mobile applications, social networking etc. will find this a valuable resource in developing new products and new markets.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cheok, Adrian David

Romão, Teresa

Nijholt, Anton

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Professionelle Anwendung Interaktionsdesign für Computerspiele
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Mensch-Maschine-Interaktion
• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Hobbies & Spiele

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Entertaining the Whole World.- The Kathmandu Kids Entertainment Workshop.- Digital Pop Kids.- Fostering Learning and Behaviour Change Through Computer Entertainment. Design of an Interactive Playground Based on Traditional Children’s Play.- Embedded Smart house Bathroom Entertainment: Systems for Improving Quality of Life.- Social Presence and Artificial Opponents.- Observations on Tinkering in Scientific Education.- Appendix: Enhancing Learning Experience Through Robotics in Nepal.