Virtual reality is an amazing tool in the field of interaction, simulation, and entertainment between humans computers. This technology often used for recreational purposes combination with physical activities. The main objective this study was to compare intermittent training continuous on shooting range. first part article presents essence virtual possibilities that arise from its use. Then c...

Serious games (SGs) have been used in the education of students and professionals for decades, but still have not reached their full potential, despite the large consensus they have gained recently. The entertainment game industry is a rapidly developing phenomenon, with a high market potential, enabled and enhanced by technological innovation. The question examined in this paper is: Did seriou...

the aim of this research was to study those motivations underlying computer sport games in the youth. this study used a survey and cross – sectional method. the population consisted of 302 students of yazd university. the data were collected by the revised scale of computer sport games. results of the empirical test of the scale distributed among the participants in computer sport games showed ...

New technology trends of the ubiquitous computing era foster substantial changes in all application domains. With respect to home entertainment (HE), the most important change is not what new hardand software can provide inside this domain but across hyperdomains to which HE will belong. We emphasize the two most important such hyperdomains, namely smart homes and ambient entertainment. For HE ...

Perhaps the phrase "Energy Crisis," first introduced during the 1973 Arab Oil Embargo, is slightly misleading. The sun, for example, provides the world with 400 times more energy than we use each day. The unmined U.S. coal supply is large enough to meet demand in this country for several centuries. Other forms of energy that man expects to better harness in the future such as the sea, wind, bio...

1 Michael Usrey, University of Colorado, Lockheed-Martin Engineering Management Program, CB 433, Boulder, CO 80309 [email protected] Abstract  The economic future of the United States depends upon our continued leadership in the development of high technology products and services. Development of such products requires a robust engineering workforce. Unfortunately, current economic, m...

Huang, Henry and Maire, Frederic and Keeratipranon, Narongdech (2006) A Direct Localization Method Using only the Bearings Extracted from Two Panoramic Views Along a Linear Trajectory. In Murase, Kazuyuki and Sekiyama, Murase and Naniwa, Tomohide and Kubota, Naoyuki and Sitte, Joaquin, Eds. Proceedings International Symposium on Autonomous Minirobots for Research and Edutainment (AMiRE 2005), p...

The goal of the project was to design an integrated system for the California Academy of Sciences that combined new technology with a social-networking based website to promote educational learning. Five mini-games were developed for the iPad and connected to a series of websites through a database. The use of new technology drew in users that would not have otherwise engaged in the experience....

Entertainment-education dramas can persuade because they show characters who change their behavior to improve their lives. Stories have unique power and nuance to describe people’s behavior and interactions, and their consequences. When audience members see that they could be in the same situation as the characters, stories can move them to change, too. E-E is particularly able to influence beh...