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Games for our Future Game Jam 2020

Asst. Prof. Elif Surer

Department of Multimedia InformaticsMiddle East Technical University (METU)

Ankara, Turkey

April 18-22, 2020

Games for our Future Game Jam 2020April 18-22, 2020

Research Interests

❑ Serious Games❑ Stroke Rehabilitation, Neglect Syndrome, Down Syndrome, Dyslexia

❑ Virtual Reality and Mixed Reality❑ Building Information Modelling, Basic Design

❑ Artificial Intelligence❑ Video Game Testing using Agents

❑ Machine Learning❑ Neolithization of Anatolia, Virtual Heritage

❑ Biomechanics❑ Cerebral Palsy in Children, Degenerative Lumbosacral Stenosis in German Shepherd Dogs

Asst. Prof. Elif SurerResearch Mentor

Serious Games / Transformational Games

❑ «There is much debate about the long-term effect of games on the mind. Somebelieve that they have no lasting effect and that they just serve as a momentarydistraction. Others believe that gameplay can be dangerous, inciting players toviolence or ruining their lives through addiction. Still others believe that gamesare so good for us that they will become the cornerstone of twenty-first-century education. How games change us is not a trivial question, for theanswer to it is transforming society as we speak—either for the better or for theworse. »

Schell, Jesse. The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses, Second Edition (p. 500). A K Peters/CRC Press. Kindle Edition.



How to Transform People | TEDx Cambridge

❑ Motivating Using Positive News and/or Feedback❑ Reinforcing Immediate Rewards❑ Monitoring their Progress

Source: Tali Sharot | TEDxCambridgehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=xp0O2vi8DX4&feature=emb_logo



https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=xp0O2vi8DX4&feature=emb_logo

Game Concepts



❑ Awareness on Climate Change

❑ Introducing Healthy Habits

❑ Saving our Planet

Developed with Dilay Seda Özgen and Assoc. Prof. Yasemin Afacan from Bilkent University – submission is under review.

MR and VR in Architecture



VR in Basic Design

Ozgen, D. S., Afacan, Y., Surer, E. (2019) “Usability of VirtualReality for Basic Design Education: A Comparative Studywith Paper-Based Design”, International Journal ofTechnology and Design Education (accepted).



eNOTICEEuropean Network Of CBRN TraIning CEnters

1. Universite Catholique de louvain (UCL)

2. Autonoom Provinciebedrijf Campus Vesta (VESTA)

3. Service Departmental D’incendie et de secours de seine et marine (SDIS 77)

4. Association pour la recherche et le developpement des methodes et processus industriels (ARMINES)

5. Fire Department Dortmund (FDDO)

6. University of Paderborn (UPB)

7. Joint CBRN Defence Centre of Excellence Vyskov (JCBRND COE)

8. Middle East Technical University (METU)

9. University of Rome Tor Vergata and The Italian Joint NBC Defense School (UNITOV)

10. West Midlands Police, National CBRN centre (WMP)

11. National Defense University, CBRN Defence Training Centre (NDU)

12. Scientific and Research Centre for Fire Protection (CNBOP-PIB)



eNOTICEEuropean Network Of CBRN TraIning CEnters

Source: Enotice Kickoff Meeting – Slides are from UCL



VR and MR in CBRNe



VR and MR in CBRNe

Surer, Elif, Atalay, Timuçin & Demirkan, Doga, Duzgun, Sebnem. (2019). Serious Gaming in CBRNe Domain: A Survey on User Expectations, Concerns and Suggestions.



15th Summer Workshop on Multimodal Interfaces



Scenario-Based Generator



ReferencesSerious Games

Surer, E., İnci Türkben, C., Düzgün, H. Ş. (2019) “A Multifaceted Gaming Platform for Interactive Learning of Archaeologyand Culture of Kültepe: Preliminary Results on the Gaming Prototype”, Subartu, Brepols Publishers (accepted).

Bozlak, E., Acar, A. C., Surer, E. (2018) “Design and Evaluation of an Interactive Art Installation to Introduce ‘de novo’Mutations to Different Audiences: “Music Within” Project”,In Proceedings of the 4th EAI International Conference onSmart Objects and Technologies for Social Good, pp. 82-87. ACM, 2018.

Tobler-Ammann*, B. C., Surer*, E., Knols, R. H., Borghese, N.A., de Bruin, E. D. (2017) “User Perspectives on ExergamesDesigned to Explore the Hemineglected Space for Stroke Patients With Visuospatial Neglect: Usability Study”, JMIRSerious Games 2017;5(3):e18.

Tobler-Ammann, B. C., Surer, E., de Bruin, E. D., Rabuffetti, M., Borghese, N. A., Mainetti, R., Pirovano, M., Wittwer, L.,Knols, R. H. (2017) “Exergames Encouraging Exploration of Hemineglected Space in Stroke Patients with Visuo-spatialNeglect: a Feasibility Study”, JMIR Serious Games 2017;5(3):e17.

Pirovano, M., Surer, E., Mainetti, R., Lanzi, P.L., Borghese, N. A. (2016) “Exergaming and rehabilitation: a methodology forthe design of effective and safe therapeutic exergames”, Entertainment Computing, 14, pp.55-65, 2016.

Borghese, N. A., Lanzi, P. L., Mainetti, R., Pirovano, M., Surer, E. (2015) “Algorithms based on computational intelligencefor autonomous physical rehabilitation at home”. In Advances in Neural Networks: Computational and TheoreticalIssues (pp. 243-251). Springer International Publishing.



References

Virtual Reality and Mixed Reality

Surer, E., Erkayaoğlu, M., Öztürk, Z. N., Yücel, F., Bıyık, E. A., Altan, B., Şenderin, B., Oğuz, Z., Gürer, S., Düzgün, H. Ş. (2019)“Developing a Scenario-Based Video Game Generation Framework: Preliminary Results”, arXiv:https://arxiv.org/abs/1911.07380

Ozgen, D. S., Afacan, Y., Surer, E. (2019) “Usability of Virtual Reality for Basic Design Education: A Comparative Studywith Paper-Based Design”, International Journal of Technology and Design Education (accepted).

Akin, S., Ergun, O., Gursel Dino, I., Surer, E. (2019) “Improving Visual Design Perception by Integrated Mixed RealityEnvironment for Performative Architecture”, accepted to 7th eCAADe Regional International Symposium, Aalborg,Denmark. | Download (.pdf)

Ergun, O., Akin, S., Gursel Dino, I., Surer, E. (2019) “Architectural Design in Virtual Reality and Mixed RealityEnvironments: A Comparative Analysis”, 2019 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR), Osaka,Japan.

Akin, S., Ergun, O., Surer, E., Dino, I. G. (2018) “An Immersive Design Environment for Performance-based ArchitecturalDesign: A BIM-based Approach”, In Proceedings of the 4th EAI International Conference on Smart Objects andTechnologies for Social Good, pp. 306-307. ACM, 2018.



https://arxiv.org/abs/1911.07380

Contact

Asst. Prof. Elif SurerMETU Multimedia Informatics ProgrammeE-m [email protected] @ElifSurerMETU

@METU_mmi@H2020_eNOTICE



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