The DGA Gaming Fieldlab of Dutch Games Association issues its second call for research proposals to support the Dutch game industry sector and amplify research-industry collaborations. This second call has a wider scope than the first call and its financial conditions are more favourable. Topics Project proposals should investigate novel approaches to the design, creation, […]
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CHI PLAY 2017 is taking place in Amsterdam, from October 15-18th. Prof. Ian Bogost will deliver the opening keynote for CHI Play 2017. Keynotes are included in the full conference ticket, but special reduced tickets for the opening keynote only are also on sale. CHI PLAY is an international and interdisciplinary conference (by ACM SIGCHI) for researchers and
Dutch Games Association is an official partner of LEARNTEC 2018: LEARNTEC is the leading International Trade Fair and Convention for learning with IT which will take place from 30th January – 1st February 2018 at Karlsruhe Trade Fair Centre. The partnership offers DGA members special discounts and benefits. The 25th LEARNTEC, which took place at
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Dutch Games Association partners with RAGE (Realising an Applied Gaming Eco-system), the European flagship research project that develops advanced software components for (applied and entertainment) games with the goal to strengthen the Dutch (applied) game industry and making it the most advanced and leading game industry of Europe. Game studios are now invited to check
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Growing Games presents the publication Growth Models For Applied Gaming: a bundle of 4 white papers focused on (starting) game companies and potential clients that \’want to do something with gaming\’. The white papers provide pointers for collaboration, but also sharp analyses of the opportunities and obstructions in scaling up successfully as applied games studios
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Dutch company Manus VR shares video footage from NASA featuring the Manus VR glove. The gloves are being used in experiments to train NASA astronauts in mixed reality to prepare them for the International Space Station. By recreating the International Space Station and matching this into virtual reality, NASA has created a more realistic training
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From September 26 – 28 an economic mission to South Korea led by prime minister Mark Rutte will take place for the top sectors Agri Food, Horticulture and starting materials, HTSM and the Creative Industries (specifically gaming, urban design & architecture). DGA chairman Horst Streck will join the mission to represent the Dutch games industry,
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Do you have experience with validation of health games or apps? What do you think about the need for validation and methods of validation in this sector? Read on to fill out the survey on validation of health games. This survey is part of the wrap-up of Growing Games, a support program (2013-2016) to promote
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The Academic Medical Center (AMC) of Amsterdam released 2 apps to train and educate medical professionals in playful way to improve the quality of healthcare. Developer and surgeon Marlies Schijven of AMC explains that Medialis and Dr. Game: Surgeon Trouble are the first games of which the medical information is thoroughly tested. The games have
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How is ‘applied gaming’ different from‘serious gaming’? And what does ‘gamification’ have to do with both? Gaming software explores radical new roads. As mentioned in a closer look at the Dutch games industry, over half of all games produced in the Netherlands are applied games. While that seems pretty clear at first glance, what exactly
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