Medical art therapy of the future: building an interactive virtual underwater world in a children’s hospital
Lechat, L.; Menschaert, L.; De Smedt, T.; Nijs, L.; Dhar, M.; Norga, K.; Toelen, J. (2018). Medical art therapy of the future: building an interactive virtual underwater world in a children’s hospital, in: Liapis, A. et al. Computational intelligence in music, sound, art and design. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 10783: pp. 64-77. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77583-8_5 In: Liapis, A. et al. (2018). Computational intelligence in music, sound, art and design. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 10783. Springer: Cham. ISBN 978-3-319-77582-1; e-ISBN 978-3-319-77583-8. X, 315 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77583-8, more In: Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Springer-Verlag: Heidelberg; Berlin. ISSN 0302-9743; e-ISSN 1611-3349, more |  |
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| Author keywords | procedural generation; autonomous agents; motion sensing; quality of life; evidence-based |
| Authors | | Top | - Lechat, L.
- Menschaert, L.
- De Smedt, T.
- Nijs, L.
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- Norga, K.
- Toelen, J., more
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| Abstract | We are developing an interactive virtual underwater world with the aim to reduce stress and boredom in hospitalised children, to improve their quality of life, by employing an evidence-based design process and by using techniques from Artificial Life and Human-Computer Interaction. A 3D motion sensing camera tracks the activity of children in front of a wall projection. As they wave their hands, colorful sea creatures paddle closer to say hi and interact with the children. |
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