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New book on Pervasive Games: “ Pervasive Games: Theory and Design - Experiences on the Boundary between Life and Play ” by Markus Montola, Jaakko Stenros and Annika Waer (editors) published by Morgan Kauffman “ Quickly emerging from the fast-paced growth of mobile communications and wireless technologies, pervasive games provide a worldwide network of potential play spaces. Now games can be designed to be played in public spaces like streets, conferences, museums and other non-traditional game venues – and game designers need to understand the world as a medium—both its...

PRESENCCIA and SKILLS are two integrated projects that both aim to advance Virtual Reality technology. These projects are highly interdisciplinary encompassing, among others, computer science, robotics, engineering, interaction design, cognitive science, neuroscience, psychology and philosophy. All these fields, however diverse their interests, come together in the goal of integrating...

Testing the effects of educational strategies on comprehension of a genomic concept using virtual reality technology. Patient Educ Couns. 2009 Apr 29; Authors: Kaphingst KA, Persky S, McCall...

Via Mauro Cherubini's blog The Gaze Group at the IT University of Copenhagen  is developing an open-source eye-tracking application that will provide a low-cost alternative to commercial...

QEEG guided neurofeedback therapy in personality disorders: 13 case studies. Clin EEG Neurosci. 2009 Jan;40(1):5-10 Authors: Surmeli T, Ertem A According to DSM-IV, personality disorder...