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Pietersen, André J., Jan K. Coetzee, Dominika Byczkowska-Owczarek, Florian Elliker, and Leane Ackermann. "Online Gamers, Lived Experiences, and Sense of Belonging: Students at the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein." Qualitative Sociology Review 14, no. 4 (January 8, 2019): 122–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.18778/1733-8077.14.4.08.

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Individuals who partake in video games are often regarded with prejudice. It is an activity that is perceived to be mainly related to senseless leisure and teenage entertainment. However, many diverse people make video games such an important part of their lives that they become passionately engaged in it. Video games and online video gaming offer the player immersive experiences unlike any other forms of media. A phenomenological and interpretive exploration is undertaken in order to gain a deeper understanding of the narratives of online gamers and their experiences of a sense of belonging to the associated online communities. Through the use of in-depth interviews, the article explores various aspects of the life stories of a group of eight South African university students. It attempts to show how online gaming has become a part of their lifeworlds. The aim of this article is to present the narratives of online gamers as rich and descriptive accounts that maintain the voices of the participants. Various aspects of the lifeworlds of online gamers are explored. Firstly, an exploration is undertaken to gain an understanding of what it means to be a gamer. It focuses on how a person can become involved with gaming and how it can evolve into something that a person is engaged with on a daily basis. Secondly, it explores how video games influence the perception of reality of gamers. Immersion in video games can transfer a player into an alternative reality and can take the focus away from the real world. This can lead to feelings of joy and excitement, but can also lead to escapism. Lastly, the article shifts attention towards how online video gamers experience online communities. Players can have positive experiences with random strangers online, but because of the anonymous nature of the online environment, it can also lead to negative and isolating experiences.
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Verheijen, Geert P., William J. Burk, Sabine E. M. J. Stoltz, Yvonne H. M. van den Berg, and Antonius H. N. Cillessen. "Associations Between Different Aspects of Video Game Play Behavior and Adolescent Adjustment." Journal of Media Psychology 32, no. 1 (January 2020): 27–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/1864-1105/a000253.

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Abstract. Playing video games during adolescence has been linked to both positive and negative outcomes, but it remains unclear which specific aspects of gaming behavior are associated with adjustment. The current study examines the association between distinct aspects of video game play behavior and adolescent adjustment. We focused on five aspects, namely, gaming frequency, the social context, gamer identification, type of game, and motivation for playing. Participants included 705 Dutch adolescents (33.5% female, Mage = 14.07), who completed a survey including self-report and sociometric measures. Results indicated that the frequency of playing games was not associated with adolescent adjustment. However, significant associations did appear for social context, genre of games, and motivation for playing. In addition, the different aspects of gaming showed both beneficial and deleterious relations with adjustment. This research indicates the importance of disaggregating gaming behavior and the necessity to look beyond frequency of play in order to fully understand the impact of gaming on youth.
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Crawford, Garry, Daniel Muriel, and Steven Conway. "A feel for the game: Exploring gaming ‘experience’ through the case of sports-themed video games." Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies 25, no. 5-6 (May 10, 2018): 937–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1354856518772027.

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Video gaming is often understood and narrated as an ‘experience’, and we would suggest that this is particularly notable with sports-themed video games. However, we would argue that how the game experience is curated and consumed, and how this relates to wider social process and forces, is rarely given any detailed consideration within the existing game research literature. Hence, this article explores how game experiences can be understood and articulated around four key themes. First, we begin with the argument that video games connect with, but also lead, a wider social trend: understanding social reality as a set of designed experiences. The real is progressively becoming a repository of technologically mediated experiences, and the logic of video games is anticipating this process. Second, we suggest video games are translations of phenomenological worlds: When successful, key aspects of the meaning of things remain similar even as one moves between spaces, domains, mediums and platforms. Developers often seek to bring others’ experiences into a game environment, such as translating the geography and mechanisms of sporting locations and competitions into a game environment. Third, following this translation of meaning across domains, gamers often narrate their encounters with video games as they would with any other experience, such as winning the Champions League in Football Manager becomes recounted by gamers like any other achievement. Fourth, video games are interactive and explicit bodily experiences because they must be enacted in order to exist.
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Tichon, Jennifer G., and Timothy Mavin. "Experiencing Resilience via Video Games." Social Science Computer Review 35, no. 5 (August 18, 2016): 666–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0894439316664507.

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of games, where characters must overcome adversity, on player’s perceptions of their psychological resilience. Located on the PlayStation blog (blog.us.playstation.com ), the online PlayStation Network (PSN) community group focuses on video gamers unique stories and experiences. Using a qualitative and exploratory design, blogs posted between March 2012 and January 2013 were analyzed for content describing experiences via gameplay that members reported made them feel more resilient. Both social and emotional aspects of resilience were discussed with players reporting game experiences had helped them feel more confident in their abilities. Many also associated themselves with the same resilient traits as their characters display in games. A range of popular off-the-shelf video games were reported as helpful in providing players with the opportunity to feel confident under pressure and, importantly, some players reported transferring these positive psychological effects to their real-world lives.
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Pérez-Latorre, Óliver, Víctor Navarro-Remesal, Antonio José Planells de la Maza, and Cristina Sánchez-Serradilla. "Recessionary games: Video games and the social imaginary of the Great Recession (2009–2015)." Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies 25, no. 5-6 (December 14, 2017): 884–900. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1354856517744489.

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How do the most popular video games in recent years contribute to the construction of the social imaginary of the Great Recession? The discursive struggles over the definition of crucial aspects of the recession such as austerity, the heroic ethos to face precariousness and being anti-establishment are being played not only in the political arena and ‘serious’ news genres but also in the narrations of popular culture and video games. Thus, critical analysis of the social resonances of video games on the Great Recession is a relevant exercise not only academically but also socially. To address this question, this article proposes an analysis of bestselling video games from 2009 to 2015, based on cultural studies and game studies. The analysis is organized in three case studies: (a) post-apocalyptic video games and their potential resonances regarding austerity and precariousness; (b) video games, neo-liberalism and counter neo-liberal views; and (c) video games and the representation of anti-establishment characters and rebel communities.
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Ivory, Adrienne Holz, James D. Ivory, and Madison Lanier. "Video Game Use as Risk Exposure, Protective Incapacitation, or Inconsequential Activity Among University Students." Journal of Media Psychology 29, no. 1 (January 2017): 42–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/1864-1105/a000210.

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Abstract. While there is extensive literature exploring the possible negative effects of video games, and many such studies using college student samples, there is little research on how video game use impacts the unique risk environment of college students. This study focuses on the unique risk aspects of the college and university environment with a preregistered survey comparing three competing models of video games’ possible role (games as risk, incapacitation, or inconsequential) in predicting alcohol and substance use, sexual risk, interpersonal violence, bullying victimization, suicide, disordered eating, and exercise to provide a baseline measure of what role, if any, video games play in the college and university risk environment. Video game play was most consistently associated with outcomes related to suicide and interpersonal violence, and more sporadically associated with some other outcomes.
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Cășvean, Tulia Maria, Vasile Hodorogea, and Ioan Emanuel Cășvean. "The Experience Created by the Social and Cultural Context Constructed by Video Games: A Digitization of Life and Death." Journal for Social Media Inquiry 3, no. 1 (July 27, 2021): 19–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.18662/jsmi/3.1/14.

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Appling the Gadamer’s filter on video games, reveals that they support an intimate connection with real life, built on basic mimesis of simple and, at the same time, coherent and meticulous realities. Video games are not intrinsically real-world escapism but generate a concrete, contextualized life experience that is ultimately connected to social and material realities (Spiridon, 2013, pp. 64-65). Moreover, experiences gained through video games can contribute, same as television, cinema or novels do, to the creation of perceptions that influence the way people relate to various aspects of life. The pivot of this study focuses on the experience created by the social, cultural context, captured by video games, which allow players to make choices of "life and death". Such choices are even more important in the current pandemic context when some people seem not to clearly understand the potential consequences on their own protection or even own survival. The aim of the research is to open a path for a better understanding of how a video game appreciated by critics and very popular among players, especially during the pandemic (DayZ, produced by Bohemia Interactive in 2013) explores social, cultural issues that can create a favorable context for players to be better equipped for the reality of everyday life. The study will include, besides the analysis of the video game itself, wikis, and walkthroughs, the views of other researchers and professionals working in the video game industry.
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Jaipal, Kamini, and Candace Figg. "Using Video Games in Science Instruction: Pedagogical, Social, and Concept-Related Aspects." Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education 9, no. 2 (June 23, 2009): 117–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14926150903047780.

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Cerezo-Pizarro, Mario, Francisco-Ignacio Revuelta-Domínguez, Jorge Guerra-Antequera, and Jairo Melo-Sánchez. "The Cultural Impact of Video Games: A Systematic Review of the Literature." Education Sciences 13, no. 11 (November 7, 2023): 1116. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/educsci13111116.

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The growing relevance of video games in the social landscape requires an in-depth evaluation of the bidirectional influences of these adjacent contexts, among which the educational and cultural contexts stand out. This permeability allows the study of the cultural aspects surrounding the production and use of video games as tools for cultural dissemination. Our research enunciates, recognises, analyses and evaluates the impact of these tools with the aim of being taken into consideration by the scientific community and the general population, who most frequently consume, use and socialise through video games around the world. Based on this, a systematic literature review (SLR) was carried out using the Prisma 2020 Protocol, using the WOS and SCOPUS databases as documentary sources, and the selection of research articles that explore the cultural aspects of video games according to pre-established criteria. The final sample (N = 45) was subjected to a study that posed 12 research questions around which this work is structured. As a result, it is evident that video games have a direct impact on the transmission of culture. Patterns and agents of cultural representation, transmission and communication were identified, allowing researchers to evaluate the impact of video games on culture and to approach this object of study from an academic perspective, helping to open up other lines of research related to the influence of video games on the assimilation of culture, the learning of relevant issues related to it or the transmission of specific cultural elements.
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Fernandez-Luque, L., T. Tøllefsen, and E. Brox. "Healthy Gaming – Video Game Design to promote Health." Applied Clinical Informatics 02, no. 02 (2011): 128–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.4338/aci-2010-10-r-0060.

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Summary Background: There is an increasing interest in health games including simulation tools, games for specific conditions, persuasive games to promote a healthy life style or exergames where physical exercise is used to control the game. Objective: The objective of the article is to review current literature about available health games and the impact related to game design principles as well as some educational theory aspects. Methods: Literature from the big databases and known sites with games for health has been searched to find articles about games for health purposes. The focus has been on educational games, persuasive games and exergames as well as articles describing game design principles. Results: The medical objectives can either be a part of the game theme (intrinsic) or be totally dispatched (extrinsic), and particularly persuasive games seem to use extrinsic game design. Peer support is important, but there is only limited research on multiplayer health games. Evaluation of health games can be both medical and technical, and the focus will depend on the game purpose. Conclusion: There is still not enough evidence to conclude which design principles work for what purposes since most of the literature in health serious games does not specify design methodologies, but it seems that extrinsic methods work in persuasion. However, when designing health care games it is important to define both the target group and main objective, and then design a game accordingly using sound game design principles, but also utilizing design elements to enhance learning and persuasion. A collaboration with health professionals from an early design stage is necessary both to ensure that the content is valid and to have the game validated from a clinical viewpoint. Patients need to be involved, especially to improve usability. More research should be done on social aspects in health games, both related to learning and persuasion.
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Wong, Chi-hang, and 王志恆. "The localization of Japanese video games in Taiwan." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/197549.

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The aim of this research lies in the study of how Japanese console videos games have been re-territorialized into Taiwan in Taiwanese context. Since making its debut in 1970s, video game industry has developed into a multi-billion dollar business in which Japanese console and game developers have been the pioneers. Academic studies on video games, however, had been largely focusing on the physical and mental affection of video game playing, and it is until recent years that video game has begun to be analyzed as a cultural product. Looking to fill the research space of how video games have been consumed and received under different geographical and social contexts, this research examine show Taiwanese, the former colonial subjects of Japan, localize Japanese console video games through measures during the process of production, re-production, circulation, and consumption in the context of Taiwanese society. Attention has been particularly paid to Taipei City Mall, where gamer gatherings of a Japanese video game had been regularly held. Through intensive participatory observation on the gathering and in-depth case studies on a few selected personalities, the author will show how a Japanese cultural good is being re-territorialized under an alien social context. The thesis then argues a new paradigm, in which the individual desire is considered as equally important with other mediation factors, should be adopted in conceptualizing the migration of a cultural good.
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Pelurson, Gaspard. "Queer quests : journeying through manifestations of queerness in video games." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2017. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/78270/.

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This thesis focuses on the various manifestations of queerness in video games, and investigates how video games' queer potential connects and clashes with LGBTQ politics, as well as with gaming culture and hegemonic masculinity. Through the lens of queer theory, I adopt two main angles of approach. Firstly, I concentrate on video game characters and study them as vessels of queer politics. Focusing on two game characters, and their reception within gaming communities, I explore the limits and potentials of the queer politics in video games. As such, despite the prevalence of heteronormative values in video game narratives, I argue that some game characters embody unexpected vessels of queer hope. Expanding upon this argument, this thesis moves away from queer characters and interrogates the inherent queerness of games themselves. In doing so, I delve into multiple choice dialogue systems and forms of ‘aimless' game exploration, and argue that games can enfold the player in a queer, timeless bubble where alternative possibilities loom on the horizon. As such, I argue that the player escapes from normative time structures and freely articulates game time and space. In this way, these sequences occur in a queer temporality which runs counter to core game mechanics, such as achievements and rewards. Extending this queering of game, I finally argue that particular counternormative gaming practices, such as intentionally losing, celebrate the failure of heteromasculinity both inside and outside gaming culture. In this way, and throughout this thesis, I argue that video games operate as a multidimensional medium, providing various instances where queerness manifests itself. While I demonstrate that some of these instances can be found in other popular media such as cinema and literature, I argue that video game queerness also takes unique shapes that are exclusive to the medium. As such, I suggest that video games, as a polysemic medium, gleam with queer potentiality, and are pioneers in revealing new queer embodiments.
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Li, King-lun, and 李景麟. "Nintendo revolution: what is happening in videogame industry and individuals." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2010. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B44676670.

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Chambers, Christopher. "Addressing Cheating and Workload Characterization in Online Games." PDXScholar, 2006. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/2669.

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The Internet has enabled the popular pastime of playing video games to grow rapidly by connecting game players in disparate locations. However, with popularity have come the two challenges of hosting a large number of users and detecting cheating among users. For reasons of control, security, and ease of development, the most popular system for hosting on-line games is the client server architecture. This is also the most expensive and least scalable architecture for the game publisher, which drives hosting costs upwards with the success of the game. In addition to the expense of hosting, as a particular game grows more competitive and popular, the incentive to cheat for that game grows as well. All popular online games suffer from cheats in one form or another, and this cheating adversely affects game popularity and growth. In this dissertation we follow a hypothetical game company (GameCorp) as it surmounts challenges involved in running an on-line game. We develop a characterization of gamer habits and game workloads from data sampled over a period of years, and show the benefits and drawbacks of multiplexing online applications together in a single large server farm. We develop and evaluate a geographic redirection service for the public server architecture to match clients with servers. We show how the public server game architecture can be used to scalably host large persistent games such as massively multiplayer (MMO) games that previously used the client server architecture. Finally we develop a taxonomy for client cheating in on-line games to focus research efforts, and specifically treat one of the categories in detail: information exposure in peer-to-peer games. The thesis of this dissertation is: a methodology for accurate usage modeling of server resources can improve workload management; public-server resources can be leveraged in new ways to serve multiplayer on-line games; and that information exposure in peer-to-peer on-line games is preventable or detectable with the adoption of cryptographic protocols.
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Tran, Chris. "What's Real Anymore: A Comparison of World of Warcraft, SecondLife and Online Experiences." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2009. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc10976/.

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The proliferation of the Internet and online-based social interactions has become an increasingly popular topic with communication scholars. The goal of this study was to explore how massively multi-player online role playing game (MMORPG) players make sense of and negotiate their online social interactions. This study (N = 292) examined how players of SecondLife and World of Warcraft evaluated their online relationships compared to their offline relationships and investigated how different levels of realism within different MMORPGs effected player's online experiences. The results indicated that players of SecondLife placed higher values of emotional closeness to their online relationships when compared to players of World of Warcraft and SecondLife was rated more real by its players than World of Warcraft. Results further indicated that players of SecondLife had higher levels of perceived online emotional closeness when compared to perceived offline emotional closeness. Implications of this study focus on developing a bottom up holistic profile of online game players as opposed to the current top down research model.
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Zhu, Jun Chao. "The evolution of official media reports on video games :a case study of the People's Daily." Thesis, University of Macau, 2018. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b3953768.

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Menuez, Paolo Xavier Machado. "The Downward Spiral: Postmodern Consciousness as Buddhist Metaphysics in the Dark Souls Video Game Series." PDXScholar, 2017. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/4161.

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This paper is about locating the meaning of a series of games known as the Dark Souls series in relation to contemporary social conditions in Japan. I argue that the game should be thought of as an emblem of the current cultural zeitgeist, in a similar way one might identify something like Jack Kerouac's The Dharma Bums as an emblem of the counter cultural 60s. I argue that the Dark Souls series expresses in allegorical form an anxiety about living in a time where the meaning of our everyday actions and even society itself has become significantly destabilized. It does this through a fractured approach to story-telling, that is interspersed with Buddhist metaphysics and wrapped up in macabre, gothic aesthetic depicting the last gasping breath of a once great kingdom. This expression of contemporary social anxiety is connected to the discourse of postmodernity in Japan. Through looking at these games as a feedback loop between text, environment and ludic system, I connect the main conceptual motifs that structure the games as a whole with Osawa Masachi's concept of the post-fictional era and Hiroki Azuma's definition of the otaku.
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Jin, Chengyue. "Game narrative conveyed through visual elements in digital games." Thesis, Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för informationsteknologi, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-20104.

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This thesis compares the different concepts of game narrative and traditional narrative, and aims to explore and analyze the relationship between visual elements and game narrative in video games. Game narrative is an emerging narrative based on digital media. It can not only include stories from traditional narratives, but also convey narratives through the virtual environment and mechanisms of games. This thesis discusses the concepts of traditional narrative and game narrative from the basic concepts of narrative, and lists different visual narrative elements and video games of different narrative types on this basis. In addition, this thesis designs a study that includes different dimensions of immersion to investigate the impact of narratives conveyed through visual elements on player immersion.
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Clearwater, David A. "Full spectrum propaganda : the U.S. military, video games, and the genre of the military-themed shooter." Thesis, McGill University, 2006. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=100338.

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This dissertation explores the emerging relationship between the U.S. military and the commercial video game market. Specifically, this study situates this relationship in terms of the U.S. military's evolving role in a variety of media-such as Hollywood feature films, television, and television news-for the purposes of propaganda and the influencing of public opinion. Consequently, an analysis and critique of the U.S. military's production and commissioning of commercial video games will be advanced that takes into account contemporary analyses and media critiques with respect to war and representation. Since these games are also a part of the larger field of entertainment and cultural production, this study will attempt to understand these products for the complex ways they combine cultural expression, modern spectatorship and the desire to influence or mediate popular conceptions of war. Consideration will also be given to situating these products within the emerging field of video game studies and aesthetics, as well as questions concerning genre, realism, historical revisionism, and the ethics of simulation.
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Răzman, Diana Cristina. "Press ‘F’ to pay respects : Grief and memorialization in video games." Thesis, Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för informationsteknologi, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-20098.

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This paper aims to present, discuss, and analyze the potential role of digital games within practices of memory, bereavement, and inheritance. The paper examines how users inhabit game environments, how their in-game memories and identities extend into the real world, and what kind of digital legacy players may be leaving behind. A study based on theoretical frameworks relating to memorialization and grief processing is conducted to look at how games can become part of mourning and memorialization practices.
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Books on the topic "Video games – Social aspects"

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Hile, Kevin. Video games. Farmington Hills, MI: Lucent Books, 2009.

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Albuquerque, Beatriz. Video games + glitch = learning: Video games vs. teachers. Saarbrücken, Germany: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, 2012.

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Dyer-Witheford, Nick. Games of empire: Global capitalism and video games. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 2009.

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Dyer-Witheford, Nick. Games of empire: Global capitalism and video games. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2009.

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Dyer-Witheford, Nick. Games of empire: Global capitalism and video games. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 2009.

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Crawford, Garry. Video gamers. London: Routledge, 2012.

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Bissell, Tom. Extra lives: Why video games matter. New York: Pantheon Books, 2010.

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Bissell, Tom. Extra lives: Why video games matter. New York: Pantheon Books, 2010.

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Bissell, Tom. Extra lives: Why video games matter. New York: Pantheon Books, 2010.

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Cruz-Cunha, Maria Manuela, Vitor Hugo Carvalho, and Paula Cristina Almeida Tavares. Business, technological, and social dimensions of computer games: Multidisciplinary developments. Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference, 2011.

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Augusto Bordini, Rogério, and Oliver Korn. "Gamification and Mobile Apps: Allies in Reducing Loneliness Among Young Adults." In Mental Health | Atmospheres | Video Games, 87–102. Bielefeld, Germany: transcript Verlag, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.14361/9783839462645-009.

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The isolation measures adopted during the COVID-19 pandemic brought light to discussions related to the importance of meaningful social relationships as a basic need to human well-being. But even before the pandemic outbreak in the years 2020 and 2021, organizations and scholars were already drawing attention to the growing numbers related to lonely people in the world (World Economic Forum, 2019). Loneliness is an emotional distress caused by the lack of meaningful social connections, which affects people worldwide across all age groups, mainly young adults (Rook, 1984). The use of digital technologies has gained prominence as a means of alleviating the distress. As an example, studies have shown the benefits of using digital games both to stimulate social interactions (Steinfield, Ellison & Lampe, 2008) and to enhance the effects of digital interventions for mental health treatments, through gamification (Fleming et al., 2017). It is with these aspects in mind that the gamified app Noneliness was designed with the intention of reducing loneliness rates among young students at a German university. In addition to sharing the related works that supported the application development, this chapter also presents the aspects considered for the resource's design, its main functionalities, and the preliminary results related to the reduction of loneliness in the target audience.
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Peña, Jorge. "A Communication Model of Social Demands in Video Games." In Video Games, 126–45. New York, NY : Routledge, 2018. | Series: Electronic media research series: Routledge, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781351235266-8.

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Kryston, Kevin, Eric Novotny, Ralf Schmälzle, and Ron Tamborini. "Social Demand in Video Games and the Synchronization Theory of Flow." In Video Games, 161–77. New York, NY : Routledge, 2018. | Series: Electronic media research series: Routledge, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781351235266-10.

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Hobson, Anne. "Emergent Governance From Polycentric Order in Virtual Reality Social Spaces." In Law, Video Games, Virtual Realities, 74–95. London: Routledge, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003197805-5.

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Koyama, Yuhsuke. "Mobile Phone Games: Prosperity of Social Games and Rapid Market Maturation." In History of the Japanese Video Game Industry, 223–43. Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-1342-8_14.

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Konert, Johannes, Stefan Göbel, and Ralf Steinmetz. "Video Game Personalization via Social Media Participation." In Games for Training, Education, Health and Sports, 35–46. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05972-3_5.

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Cesar, Pablo, and David Geerts. "Social Interaction Design for Online Video and Television." In Handbook of Digital Games and Entertainment Technologies, 1157–93. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-4560-50-4_39.

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Cesar, Pablo, and David Geerts. "Social Interaction Design for Online Video and Television." In Handbook of Digital Games and Entertainment Technologies, 1–37. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-4560-52-8_39-1.

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Piero, Mike. "The Chronotope of the Threshold in Medieval-Themed Role-Playing Games." In Video Game Chronotopes and Social Justice, 51–83. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91944-3_2.

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Terzieva, Valentina, Elena Paunova-Hubenova, and Boyan Bontchev. "Personalization of Educational Video Games in APOGEE." In Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, 477–87. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53294-9_34.

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Conference papers on the topic "Video games – Social aspects"

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Briciu, Victor-Alexandru, Arabela Briciu, Vlad Robert Antochi, and Vlad Batranu-Pintea. "ORGANIZING ESPORTS EVENTS IN ROMANIA. CASE STUDIES FROM THE EARLY STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT." In 9th SWS International Scientific Conferences on SOCIAL SCIENCES - ISCSS 2022. SGEM WORLD SCIENCE, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.35603/sws.iscss.2022/s10.097.

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This paper aims to present and promote the eSports and its situation in Romania. Esports, also known as electronic sports, professional video game competitions, can be defined as a form of sports where the main aspects are facilitated by electronic systems. Most often eSports takes the form of multiplayer video game contests usually organized between professional players. Several games are popular in the competitive scene. The championships that appeared in the 1990s were those that contained fighting video games and the shooter type, genres that still have a large audience. Electronic athletes (or e-athlete, professional gamers) are those people who perform in a video game, thus reaching a higher level than amateur players. They train for hours to reach this performance. In the professional gaming industry, there are organizations that have players such as football or basketball clubs and they are paid monthly, receive specialized training, and participate in various competitions representing the organization they belong to. Following these ideas, the authors will first highlight the concepts that deal with eSports and video games globally, providing information on the emergence of eSports, then the situation of eSports in Romania is presented and its development. From this point of view, multiple video game contests and events are organized in Romania and the difference between international and domestic eSports is highlighted. As a novelty factor of this paper, some of the first Romanian representative attempts in organizing eSports events or competitions are presented.
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Constantin, Valentinadaniela, Roxana denisa Stoenescu, and Manoela Popescu. "THE STEREOTYPES' ROLE IN CREATING AN IMAGE: PORTRAYING THE ROMANIAN VIDEO GAMER." In eLSE 2014. Editura Universitatii Nationale de Aparare "Carol I", 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.12753/2066-026x-14-047.

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Games play a significant role in every aspect of human life by offering social interaction and entertainment. Serious games give user the possibility not only to experience situations that in real life are impossible but also to develop and improve skills. Learning is a major objective of serious games, also encountered in many video games, usually accompanying the entertainment function. In the last decade, gaming has become a profitable industry, targeting consumers all over the world. Nevertheless, little is known about Romanian gamers. The present study examines the demographic and psychographic characteristics of Romanian gamers, using a quantitative research employed among subjects aged 18 to 35 years. The purpose is to highlight the attributes that differentiate Romanian gamers from others, especially American and also to examine if there are common features between the communities of gamers. Therefore, the study aims to create a complete profile, based on essential variables that can validate the main hypothesis, Romanian gamers fit into the global trend in terms of demographics and lifestyle. Additionally, the study explores the stereotypes created around gamers, in order to identify the characteristics which conducted to the appearance of clich?s, the goal being to investigate the degree of truth involved by the matter. The article intends to portray the Romanian gamer in order to bring to light a market segment not well addressed. The main findings reveal interesting conclusions about aspects such as gender, intellect, lifestyle and some unique characteristics that distinguish Romanians from other gamers. Moreover, the surprising results answer a few key questions about game consumers and they may represent a starting point for future studies regarding Romanian gamers.
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Jukić, Dinko. "Video Game Industry: A Marketing Perspective." In 29th International Scientific Conference Strategic Management and Decision Support Systems in Strategic Management. University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Economics in Subotica, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.46541/978-86-7233-428-9_391.

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Purpose: The study discusses the importance of branding and the video game industry. Emphasis is placed on brand analysis. The phenomenon of the happiness industry and the video game industry are discussed. Methodology/approach: The research is based on relevant theories of brand management. The study starts from the construct of brand identity according to Kapferer and brand image according to Keller. The context of happiness and the entertainment industry is analysed according to Davies. Results: The paper researches and analyses distinct brands in video games. Video game branding is analysed from the aspect of marketing communication. Brand categories in video games are suggested. Also, the economic impact of the games was analysed. Conclusion: The video game industry is a large market that has overtaken the music and film industries in terms of revenue. Video games should be viewed in a wider social context as a generator of new jobs, creation of new value, but also as a cultural phenomenon. Branding in the video game industry is important for two reasons: creating greater visibility and consolidating an existing position in the market. In other words, we see the brand in video games as an evolutionary process of digital marketing, but also as a digital imprint of an existing brand. Limitations/future research: This study is theoretical and starts from a qualitative methodology, i.e. thematic literature analysis. Further empirical research can be conducted on different game types, consumer type and by gaming platform to identify the existing market.
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Antonoaie, Cristina. "ASPECTS REGARDING ICT TRUST, SECURITY AND PRIVACY IN EU COUNTRIES." In eLSE 2020. University Publishing House, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.12753/2066-026x-20-156.

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In today's world, using modern technology and especially the smartphone can ease a lot our work and other activities. But also the risk is very high. We can talk about several security concerns related to Internet usage. Many individuals are not aware of the threats that this usage is creating. Having installed an IT security software it is not mandatory for the moment, but it is more than necessary in protecting our personal information, documents, pictures and any other data. Security concerns already are limiting or preventing the individuals from ordering or buying goods or services from the Internet, or from carrying out internet banking, or from providing personal information to social or professional networking services, or from communicating with public services or administrations, downloading and submitting official forms, or from downloading software or apps, music, video files, games or other data files. The routine day-to-day activities on the Internet like sending or receiving e-mails, telephoning or video calls, posting messages to social media sites or instant messaging, participating in social networks, finding information about goods and services, reading or downloading online newspaper or news, downloading software, internet banking, travel and accommodation services, job search or sending an application, communication, finding different information that we don't' usually use or downloading /listening to/ watching / playing music, films and/or games it is something that people will always do. With the help of the data provided by EUROSTAT, we analyzed the main risks concerning ICT trust, security and privacy in EU Countries.
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Grinblate, Elizabete. "Tiešsaistes un bezsaistes sadalījums videospēļu kopienās." In LU Studentu zinātniskā konference "Mundus et". LU Akadēmiskais apgāds, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.22364/lu.szk.2.rk.07.

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Early research into the digital environment pointed to a strict division between online and offline. The terms “online” and “offline” are used to distinguish between activities implemented through intermediation of different technologies, such as computers. Online environment is seen as a distinct social sphere that is disconnected from offline life events. The credibility of the online environment and the veracity of social aspects are frequently questioned, since digital communities lack a physical presence. The aim of the study is to look at and determine the peculiarities of division between online and offline in several video game communities, using Bourdieu’s concepts of capital, habitus and field. The perception of digital authenticity by members of video game communities is also examined. A variety of methodological approaches were used to determine how video game communities perceive online and offline practices: playing out a video game, semi-structured interviews, media analysis, and field notes. The results show that the traditional division between physical and digital reality is ethically complex and problematic.
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Garcia, Lucy, Augusto Salazar, Mauricio Garcia, Sayira Hernandez, and Cesar Gomez. "VIDEO GAME ANALYTICS AND DOWN SYNDROME." In eLSE 2018. ADL Romania, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.12753/2066-026x-18-036.

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Today there are many children with Down Syndrome (DS) who have difficulties in the teaching-learning process in general and in particular in mathematics. These difficulties have their primary origin in the intellectual disability that is manifested to a greater or lesser extent in people with DS (PDS) due to a genetic alteration characterized by an additional copy of chromosome 21. This genetic imbalance causes a decrease in the number of neurons and synaptic connections which in turn makes mental and motor processes slower for them than for other people. Notwithstanding the preceding, the population retains its capacity for learning and improvement, even there is no limit to the development of their skill is as long as they provide the right incentives. On the other hand, ICTs have proven to be an inclusive tool with the population in cognitive impairment such as DS. Experts affirm that these people do have interest and can make use of technologies, which constitute a valuable instrument to increase the probability of becoming more independent and active in the community. In this sense, actions have been undertaken to promote the social inclusion of this population by promoting access to ICT, respecting their right to access information and communication. In this way, the digital divide is reduced, and educational, labor and social inclusion are favored. According to the above, the design of a prototype of an educational video game in mathematics that is inclusive with PDS was proposed. This game is based on three own activities of daily living of people who require basic knowledge in mathematics. Each of the activities starts at a basic level of difficulty, and to the extent that the user manages to perform each of them adequately, the difficulty of them will increase. The objective of the first activity of the game is to identify shapes and colors correctly, the other is to count, and the last is to organize elements according to form. Since some users with or without DS can have limitations in language development, the game was designed so that from the same user interaction with the application could be obtained data showing some aspects of the teaching-learning process and familiarization and use of the proposed tool. These analytical data extracted directly from the interaction with the game facilitates the evaluation of it, especially in populations where language is not fully developed and thus have limitations in intelligibility and speech.
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Stanescu, Rares. "THE NEW ON COURT TENNIS SOFTWARE - PERSPECTIVES IN TRAINING PROCESS." In eLSE 2018. Carol I National Defence University Publishing House, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.12753/2066-026x-18-192.

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The new methods of tennis training are based more often on software and electronic devices. The tennis specialists want to eliminate the subjective evaluation of the training and to work together with the players on given dates by the software meaning objective aspects. Now the new technology is recording very many items from the game and training sessions. The new technology is bringing advanced sports video and analytics technology to every court in the world, creating a global and connected community of athletes, coaches, and fans. Technology has changed how sports are coached, played, and consumed at the elite levels, and is focused on delivering the same cutting-edge experience to all levels of sport, all over the world. This tennis technology is becoming the new standard with their cloud-based Smart Court sports video and analytics platform, integrating what it happens on-court with an interactive and social online community. This video assistance is able to record all movements of the tennis players from both sides, including technical aspects, efficiency factors and physical analyze during the training sessions and competition and supports tennis players to train smarter and to perform better. The research has been done on two juniors tennis players in Anvers and we tried to give a feed back on the ball trajectory, speed and spin, in-depth shot data and the tactical aspects of the training session. In this research we underline the on court impact after the feed-back of the tennis players. All these items can give a helpful feedback and can help the coaches and the players to improve the performance
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Ungureanu, Teodora. "THE POTENTIAL OF CITY INFORMATION MODELING (CIM) IN UNDERSTANDING AND LEARNING FROM THE IMPACT OF URBAN REGULATIONS ON RESIDENTIAL AREAS IN ROMANIA." In eLSE 2019. Carol I National Defence University Publishing House, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.12753/2066-026x-19-056.

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Inspired by the video-games industry that simulated the design and development of fictive cities (e.g. the SIM City series), CIM - City Information Modeling, aims to create a platform that allows architects, planners and other specialists to collaborate on the study and design of city-wide projects. Similar to BIM - Building Information Modeling, CIM utilizes 3D modeling that goes beyond the traditional know CAD - computer aided design, capabilities in order to incorporate data and information that are specific to a city. In this way the actual form of the city is linked to the infrastructure, to the public services, to the people's mobility and interactions through the urban space and other aspects that are attributed to the urban life. The chaotic development of the new residential areas in Romania has been usually attributed to different social, economic or political factors. To fully understand the current urban form of the Romanian cities we must also look into the influence of urban regulations on the current development and anticipate how they will evolve. The aim of the study is to use CIM as a scientific and educational tool of understanding how urban regulations impact the residential areas through time. The focus will be on what can we learn from the simulation of a certain Romanian residential area and how changing the urban regulation impacts not only the urban form but also other aspects concerning the quality of life. Thus, the simulations will allow the parallel study of different urban regulations in a controlled environment.
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Bendell, Rhyse, Jessica Williams, Stephen Fiore, and Florian Jentsch. "Participant Gaming Experience Predicts Mental Model Formation, Task Performance, and Teaming Behavior in Simulated Search and Rescue." In 14th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE 2023). AHFE International, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.54941/ahfe1003569.

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Video gaming experience has been found to impact behavior and performance on experimental tasks, can influence cognitive processes, and may even transfer to tasking proficiency. The purpose of the investigations reported in this manuscript were jointly to examine the relationships between video game experience and mental model formation as well as experience and gameplay behaviors in the context of a game-based urban search and rescue mission. We hypothesized that differences in video game play experience would influence the formation of mental models, and that experience would also be associated with different behavioral tendencies during tasking. To test our hypotheses, we first conducted an investigation to evaluate the relationship between video game play experience and mental model formation given the context of a simulated urban search-and-rescue task (employing psychographic measures of gaming experience in addition to card sort mental model elicitation) and second drew on data collected under DARPA’s Artificial Social Intelligence Supporting Teams program (particularly, behavioral and performance metrics related to players' execution of mission critical actions and team supportive behaviors) to examine the influence of experience on individual and team tasking behaviors. Results of Study 1 support our hypothesis that greater video game experience was associated with more convergent mental models related to the game-based experimental task. Results of Study 2 indicate that participants with greater experience showed evidence of better overall performance and more strategic behavior. These findings suggest that video gaming experience impacts both the formation of task-related mental models as well as task performance and teaming behaviors. One critical takeaway from the results of these studies is that some aspects of generalized video game experience may transfer to novel task performance. Having found evidence of transfer in this context is particularly informative because the search-and-rescue task environment was essentially novel, and although it was based in Minecraft the task itself employed only the sandbox foundation and involved almost no features that appear in standard Minecraft survival or other modes. The video game experience measure, on the other hand, tapped general as well as Minecraft specific experience with respect to duration, frequency/intensity, and self-reported skill. These findings have implications for simulation based research methods, particularly with regards to identification and control of potential confounding variables, as well as the practical application of simulated training and testing. Further, we submit that gaming experience is emerging as a critical factor that may be used to profile participants across research, training, and operational domains for the purposes of predicting individual behavior and performance as well as to inform the formation and development of teams.
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Tovstochub, Ihor. "MASKING USAGE OF PROCEDURAL GENERATION IN VIDEO GAMES." In THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF MODERN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, chair Olha Zinchenko. European Scientific Platform, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.36074/logos-21.06.2024.031.

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Reports on the topic "Video games – Social aspects"

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Symonenko, Svitlana V., Nataliia V. Zaitseva, Viacheslav V. Osadchyi, Kateryna P. Osadcha, and Ekaterina O. Shmeltser. Virtual reality in foreign language training at higher educational institutions. [б. в.], February 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.31812/123456789/3759.

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The paper deals with the urgent problem of application of virtual reality in foreign language training. Statistical data confirms that the number of smartphone users, Internet users, including wireless Internet users, has been increasing for recent years in Ukraine and tends to grow. The coherence of quick mobile Internet access and presence of supplementary equipment enables to get trained or to self-dependently advance due to usage of virtual reality possibilities for education in the stationary classrooms, at home and in motion. Several important features of virtual reality, its advantages for education are discussed. It is noted that virtual reality is remaining a relatively new technology in language learning. Benefits from virtual reality implementation into foreign language learning and teaching are given. The aspects of immersion and gamification in foreign language learning are considered. It is emphasized that virtual reality creates necessary preconditions for motivation increasing. The results of the survey at two higher education institution as to personal experience in using VR applications for learning foreign languages are presented. Most students at both universities have indicated quite a low virtual reality application usage. Six popular virtual reality applications for foreign language learning (Mondly, VRSpeech, VR Learn English, Gold Lotus, AltSpaceVR and VirtualSpeech) are analyzed. It is stated that the most preferred VR application for foreign language learning includes detailed virtual environment for maximal immersion, high- level visual effects similar to video games, simple avatar control, thorough material selection and complete complicity level accordance of every element and aspect, affordability, helpful and unobtrusive following up.
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Iatsyshyn, Anna V., Valeriia O. Kovach, Yevhen O. Romanenko, Iryna I. Deinega, Andrii V. Iatsyshyn, Oleksandr O. Popov, Yulii G. Kutsan, Volodymyr O. Artemchuk, Oleksandr Yu Burov, and Svitlana H. Lytvynova. Application of augmented reality technologies for preparation of specialists of new technological era. [б. в.], February 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.31812/123456789/3749.

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Augmented reality is one of the most modern information visualization technologies. Number of scientific studies on different aspects of augmented reality technology development and application is analyzed in the research. Practical examples of augmented reality technologies for various industries are described. Very often augmented reality technologies are used for: social interaction (communication, entertainment and games); education; tourism; areas of purchase/sale and presentation. There are various scientific and mass events in Ukraine, as well as specialized training to promote augmented reality technologies. There are following results of the research: main benefits that educational institutions would receive from introduction of augmented reality technology are highlighted; it is determined that application of augmented reality technologies in education would contribute to these technologies development and therefore need increase for specialists in the augmented reality; growth of students' professional level due to application of augmented reality technologies is proved; adaptation features of augmented reality technologies in learning disciplines for students of different educational institutions are outlined; it is advisable to apply integrated approach in the process of preparing future professionals of new technological era; application of augmented reality technologies increases motivation to learn, increases level of information assimilation due to the variety and interactivity of its visual representation. Main difficulties of application of augmented reality technologies are financial, professional and methodical. Following factors are necessary for introduction of augmented reality technologies: state support for such projects and state procurement for development of augmented reality technologies; conduction of scientific research and experimental confirmation of effectiveness and pedagogical expediency of augmented reality technologies application for training of specialists of different specialties; systematic conduction of number of national and international events on dissemination and application of augmented reality technology. It is confirmed that application of augmented reality technologies is appropriate for training of future specialists of new technological era.
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