games for health - robert pratten - imaginary worlds for better living
DESCRIPTION
Speaker at Games for Health Europe Conference 2014TRANSCRIPT
CEO & Founder, Transmedia Storyteller Ltd
We sold $128.74 worth of thrift-store junk
for $3,612.51$128.74
Investment
$3612.51Return
+ Uncertainty A
- Uncertainty A
+ Uncertainty B- Uncertainty B
FutureStory 1
FutureStory 2
FutureStory 3
FutureStory 4
AUDIENCE DATABASE
CONTENTDATABASE
GAME LOGIC
SOCIAL MEDIA, EMAIL
TELEPHONENETWORKS
DATALOG
PLAYER
INCLUDES:• POINTS• BADGES• INVENTORY
AS WELL AS• MESSAGES• POSTS• STATUS
UPDATES
Social media
ExperienceDesigner
SMS & Voice calls
EmailMobile Apps
Websites
Corporate Systems
Customer
invisible to audience
Gaming and Interactive Story Engine
Content Management
System
Audience Management
Metrics & Reporting
SaaSPublishing
SystemEvent
Monitoring
Collaborative Authoring
Environment
PrivateData
Public Data
Individual Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Team 1 Team 2
Everyone
http://airpi.es/
The AirPi is an automatic air quality & weather monitoring device powered by a Raspberry Pi temperature, humidity, air pressure, light levels, UV levels, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide and smoke level
CO affects • character’s mood• tone of tweets & blog posts• game difficulty?
Character responses change based on air quality in Mumbai, IndiaIf air quality is good, she’s happy otherwise she’s grumpy or sad
Social Media, Email, Phone
Sensor network
Audience interaction with a story online on social media and email was used to personalise a virtual reality (VR) experience using Unity engine and Oculus Rift. See “Meet Lucy” – on next slide.
Live VR event in which the simulated environment is personalized based on prior interaction with characters online
“you are here”
Radio or live event…
“I am here”
Real location
Extra-story
Guided adventureSelf-exploration
Real history
Online
PublicData
CorporateData
Personal Data
Conducttr can use real-world data as game mechanics to drive a story or rewards
Real location
Dynamic World
Narrative
Real history
• Accelerometer motion data• Ambient temperature• Detect user input• Control onboard LEDs• Vibrate a buzzer/motor
Tiny microprocessor for embedding in clothes, wristbands, toys etc.
Mobile app talks to metawaredevice and to Conducttr. Conducttr remembers game state, plot points and can communicate to actors as improvisation cues
• Accelerometer can post tweets and Facebook updates,
• Social network activity can vibrate/flash devices• Collective behaviour can publish a video or ping the
device• Temperature change or other emotional indicators
can change colors or publish blog posts
