event: Visualising the future: the role of virtual worlds and serious games

At the IATH/Alderman Conference Room, Coventry University Technology Park

The talk will consider the increasing use of virtual worlds and serious games to support a range of different non-leisure applications, such as education and health. The talk will include clips from leading edge projects being undertaken in the UK and Europe, whilst considering the use of the four dimensional framework for supporting effective development, evaluation and validation of the use of serious virtual worlds and games. The talk will also note some of the related work going on at the Serious Games Institute
(SGI) a newly formed research and development group set up in the UK,
and suggest steps towards collaboration with the SGI in the key areas
of visualisation, smart building and the merging between virtual and
real spaces.

For more information about The Serious Games Institute at the University of Coventry: http://www.seriousgames.org.uk

The talk is sponsored by IATH (Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities)