Increasing therapy adherence through gaming: is it possible?

Fall prevention game for the elderly

Increasing therapy adherence through gaming: is it possible? This is what we investigated in collaboration with researchers and specialists from the University Medical Center Groningen. With astonishing results. During prototype playtests, participants exceeded the expected engagement levels with the game, demonstrating its potential to enhance adherence to therapy.

Learn more about this research project and its outcome: the Skating Game, fall prevention training in the home setting, utilizing the Kinect360 infrared camera.

How do we encourage sustainable entrepreneurship?

Learning about planet, profit and people while ‘swiping’

With sustainable agriculture, together we are reducing harmful emissions to soil, air and water and increasing biodiversity and animal welfare. But how do we bring about this change?

Together with partners from Italy, Greece, Cyprus, Hungary, the UK and the Czech Republic, we built an educational game that gets young farmers up and running with the Triple Bottom Line Model (TBM). While playing, they learn about a good balance between profit, people and planet.

Serious gaming as a research tool

Can you improve interdisciplinary collaboration with a game?

Can persuasive technology – such as a serious game – help promote interdisciplinary collaboration? This is a key research question within the project ‘eZoon’ by the University of Twente. Team 8D Games worked in this research consortium as an advisory and development partner.

In the game, players are presented with a practical case: there is an outbreak of avian flu and difficult decisions need to be made. What would you do at this stage of the outbreak, based on your expertise? And what happens to your opinion if you also ask another actor for advice?