A role-playing-game approach to accomplishing daily tasks to improve health

Author

Santos da Silva, Joao Paulo ; Schneider, David ; de Souza, Jano ; da Silva, Marcio Antelio

Author_Institution

Grad. Sch. of Eng., Fed. Univ. of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

fYear

2013

fDate

27-29 June 2013

Firstpage

350

Lastpage

356

Abstract

In this paper we report work in progress on the design of a task scheduler that aims to assist people in choosing, scheduling and performing their everyday tasks. The main idea behind the proposed application is a role-playing-game in which the player must strive to evolve features he most desires for his character - to obtain the desired result. A key goal of our approach is guiding users to perform activities that provide more benefits to their health. One way to accomplish this goal is through collaboration - by stimulating people to share their practices, difficulties and action plans.

Keywords

assisted living; groupware; health care; daily tasks; everyday task choosing; everyday task performing; everyday task scheduling; role-playing-game approach; task scheduler; work in progress; Collaboration; Collaborative work; Games; Monitoring; Schedules; Stress; collaborative work; health; persuasive technology; role-playing-game; task management; well-being;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design (CSCWD), 2013 IEEE 17th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Whistler, BC

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-6084-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CSCWD.2013.6580987

Filename

6580987