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Smartphone-based Biofeedback Games for Shielding of Immune System against COVID-19: The CovidShield Game Suite design approach

Authors:

Ilias Chrysovergis,

Vasileios Charisis,

Georgios Tsoumalis,

Zafeirios Bampos,

Athanasios Papazoglou,

Dimitrios Iakovakis,

Stelios Hadjidimitriou,

Leontios Hadjileontiadis,

Herbert JelinekAuthors Info & Claims

DSAI '20: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Software Development and Technologies for Enhancing Accessibility and Fighting Info-exclusion

Pages 93 - 97

https://doi.org/10.1145/3439231.3439276

Published: 09 June 2021 Publication History

Abstract

Game-based biofeedback applications on smartphone devices can be played anywhere, giving users, at the same time, a tangible and real-time external measure of their behavior/response. The CovidShield Game Suite (CGS) design process approach presented here, as part of the CovidShield project, introduces a holistic interactive approach to shield the human immune system against COVID-19, by targeting optimal control of all the relevant factors, i.e., physical and mental, in an unobtrusive, gamified and user friendly, low-cost way, allowing for personalization and adaptation to each user's physiological and mental profile. From the methodological point of view, to facilitate the visualization of the constructed breathing game-scenarios, the storyboarding technique was adopted. Overall, the realization of the CGS sets the basis for establishing a holistic framework that could improve and/or change the quality of life of the user/player by following the learning process of breathing patterns that the CGS can offer.

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Hadjileontiadou SDias SHadjileontiadis L(2022)2D-ME: A conceptual framework for explaining self-first and self-third person views of prototyping dynamics in serious games design (Preprint)JMIR Serious Games10.2196/41824Online publication date: 10-Aug-2022
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Ramalho BVicente MEscobar HGama SCarnide FBaptista FAlves Diniz JHadjileontiadis LBalula Dias S(2024)Developing Exergames for Psoriatic Arthritis using Agile Storyboarding and Game Design ProcessesProceedings of the 17th International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments10.1145/3652037.3663939(569-575)Online publication date: 26-Jun-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3652037.3663939
Ramalho BVicente MEscobar HGama SCarnide FBaptista FDiniz JHadjileontiadis LDias S(2024)“The Kite” Breathing Serious Game: Agile Co-Design for Psoriatic Arthritis2024 IEEE 22nd Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference (MELECON)10.1109/MELECON56669.2024.10608739(1036-1041)Online publication date: 25-Jun-2024
https://doi.org/10.1109/MELECON56669.2024.10608739
Hadjileontiadou SDias SHadjileontiadis L(2022)2D-ME: A conceptual framework for explaining self-first and self-third person views of prototyping dynamics in serious games design (Preprint)JMIR Serious Games10.2196/41824Online publication date: 10-Aug-2022
https://doi.org/10.2196/41824

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