MODSIM World Conference & Expo - October 11–14, 2011 - Virginia Beach Convention Center

2011 THEME: Overcoming Critical Global Challenges with Modeling & Simulation

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Serious Games & Virtual Worlds Track

Serious Games and Virtual Worlds Serious Games & Virtual Worlds Track

Serious games and virtual worlds offer compelling opportunities to convey ideas, engage users, and improve human performance. Advances in design and development methods are resulting in effective systems across multiple domains of use – from training systems that significantly improve acquisition of knowledge and skills to virtual environments that facilitate effective distributed collaboration amongst professionals.

New technologies are enabling increasingly broad and affordable distribution – from global, interconnected online user communities to ubiquitous use on mobile devices. This track intends to challenge traditional perspectives in modeling and simulation, and to encourage dialog across disciplines and domains on how to best apply and extend serious games and virtual worlds.

This track seeks papers that address the following aspects of serious games & virtual worlds:

  1. Currently available products with demonstrated success for addressing training or other real world challenges
  2. Innovative new applications of gaming or virtual world technology
  3. Best practices and novel methods for the design and development of effective products
  4. Use cases for integrating serious games or virtual worlds with other training methods
  5. Empirical analysis of the impact of current products or approaches

We also invite position papers that outline current challenges faced in the acquisition, development and deployment of serious games and virtual worlds, and suggest approaches for addressing those challenges.

Track Chairs

Talib Hussain, BBN - Co-chair (Serious Games) - thussain@bbn.com
Mike Thome, BBN - Co-chair (Virtual Worlds) - mthome@bbn.com

Track Sponsor

Serious Games and Virtual Worlds Track City of Virginia BeachCity of Virginia Beach - Serious Games & Virtual Worlds Track
Virginia Beach has one of the largest concentrations of military installations in the country, and is a natural magnet for defense-related industries, modeling and simulation, engineering, and employers seeking a pool of highly-skilled workers.