We describe a neurobiological model of visual attention and eye/head movements in primates, and its application to the automatic animation of a realistic virtual human head watching an unconstrained variety of visual inputs. The bottom-up (image-based) attention model is based on the known neurophysiology of visual processing along the occipito-parietal pathway of the primate brain, while the e...

IMPORTANCE Active video games may offer an effective strategy to increase physical activity in overweight and obese children. However, the specific effects of active gaming when delivered within the context of a pediatric weight management program are unknown. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effects of active video gaming on physical activity and weight loss in children participating in an evidence...

This paper addresses the lack of solid historical information concerning early computer game sales and preferences. Two consistent data series from the magazines Softalk and Computer Gaming World (CGW) are analyzed to give an overview of the best selling and best rated games by players for the period of 1980-1984. A “genre palette” is inferred from the sources, giving a snapshot of how contempo...

The use of virtualization is rapidly expanding from server consolidation to various computing systems including PC, multimedia set-top box and gaming console. However, different from the server environment, timeliness response for the external input is an essential property for the user-interactive applications. To provide timeliness scheduling of virtual machine this paper presents a priority-...

Recall that ι ∈ I ≡ {0, 1}3 denotes a consumer’s inventory state. Slightly abusing notation, also let ι = 1PS2 + 1XB × 2 + 1GC × 4, where 1j is an indicator for console j being owned. I discretize the distributions of αp and αγ to model consumer heterogeneity: consumers are divided among R groups indexed by i, each with price-sensitivity and gaming-preference coefficients (α i , α γ i ) and ini...

The console gaming industry is experiencing a revolution in terms of user control, due in large part to Nintendo’s introduction of the Wii remote. The online open source development community has embraced the Wii remote, integrating the inexpensive technology into numerous applications. Some of the more interesting applications demonstrate how the remote hardware can be leveraged for nonstandar...

Whilst there has been considerable research into the potential uses of digital games in the classroom, there has been less investigation into the educational value of Alternate Reality Games (ARGs). Unlike console or computer games, in ARGs the game-world is constructed through a combination of onand off-screen media, and is created and shaped through dynamic dialogue between the designers and ...


 The spread of the gameable personal computers and game consoles resulted in diversification video genre, from 7th generation gaming consoles, experience support games became largely enhanced. These are now consumable owing to their resolution, content, plots so fascinating that they tie gamer seat. Gamers seek experiences games. Still, such a special genre called roguelike was establishe...

Large numbers of children and adolescents in Canada, UK and USA are not getting their recommended daily dose of moderate to vigorous physical activity, and are thus more prone to obesity and its ill health effects. Exergames (video games that require physical activity to play) are rapidly gaining user acceptance, and may have the potential to increase physical activity levels among young people...