The document discusses immersive technologies and how they are integrating physical and virtual worlds. It covers topics like the Serious Games Institute, example serious games, technology trends predicting more personalized and ubiquitous immersion, and how physical and virtual spaces are blurring together. A key point is that physical spaces currently lack the intelligence for personalized, persistent relationships that virtual spaces provide, but that is changing as immersive technologies become embedded in shared physical environments.
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David Wortley - Serious Gaming
1. Immersive Technologies and the
Integration of Physical and Virtual Worlds
David Wortley FRSA
Serious Games Institute
2. Presentation Topics
Introduction to the Serious Games Institute
Immersive Technologies
Example Serious Games
Technology Trends
Virtual vs Physical Spaces
Immersive Technologies and GIS
Research Opportunities
Future Developments
5. Serious Games Institute (SGI)
“An international centre of excellence for the application of
immersive technologies to serious social and economic issues”
6.
7. SGI Areas of Interest
Education Health Environment Smart Buildings
Relationships Interface Technology Innovation & Enterprise
36. What we demand from technology is
Choice
Cost
Flexibility
Hassle
Control
Personalisation Bureaucracy
Experience
Discovery
Variety
Engagement
37. We are driving technology to provide
More control over our lives, our world and
our relationships
and we are prepared
to pay for it !!
38. A Simple Illustration
In-flight Entertainment
Yesterday Today Tomorrow ?
One size Intelligent
fits all entertainment
39. Changing Relationship with Technology
Personalisation vs one size fits all
Ambient interfaces vs unnatural devices
Persistent history vs blank pages
Facilitated new discovery vs delivery of existing
Understanding vs Memorisation
Connected vs isolated
Motivating and challenging vs boring & repetitive
Creative expression vs standard responses
56. Shared Physical Spaces
“Passive” “Active”
“Physical spaces are lagging behind virtual spaces in
the ability to respond intelligently to the individual”
57. Key Message 2
“Physical Spaces (and our experience of
them) are important hubs for building
social, economic and knowledge
networks, yet they lack the intelligence
for personalised, persistent
relationships”
88. Research Opportunities
Smart spaces and location aware
applications are emerging technologies
which are likely to require multi-disciplinary
applied research focused on the
convergence of immersive and GIS
technologies, wireless sensors, data
visualisation, simulation and mobile devices.