Title :
A Sensory Gate-Ball Game for the Aged People and its User Interface Design
Author :
Kim, Jung-A ; Kang, Kyung-Kyu ; Yang, Hyun-Roc ; Kim, Dongho
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Media, Soongsil Univ., Seoul
Abstract :
Recently, medical advances have been increasing the size of the aged population. With rapidly developing technology, computers are now essential parts in our daily life, and the number of the aged people using computers is also increasing continuously. But user interfaces and contents for the aged people have not yet been developed actively. In this paper, we present a 3D sensory gate-ball game which can be played by the aged people easily. This study is based on 3D graphics and uses a realistic gate-ball stick and balls as interfaces, so it can improve both physical and mental health of the aged people. Because our game is a sensory game, it is easy to play in house without an outdoor playground. In addition, the game provides many interesting situations so that it can raise the participation and interest of the aged people.
Keywords :
computer games; computer graphics; geriatrics; medical computing; user interfaces; 3D graphics; 3D sensory gate-ball game; aged people; realistic gate-ball stick; user interface design; Aging; User interfaces; 3D game; Aged people; Gate-ball game; Sensory game; Serious game; User interface;
Conference_Titel :
Games and Virtual Worlds for Serious Applications, 2009. VS-GAMES '09. Conference in
Conference_Location :
Coventry
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3588-3
DOI :
10.1109/VS-GAMES.2009.19