There are now some interesting papers and conference proceedings available from the recent Games for Health Annual Conference that took place September 28-29 at the Medical School Teaching Facility in Baltimore, MD. Games for Health is part of the Serious Games Initiative, which seeks to use “cutting-edge entertainment technologies to solve problems in areas as diverse as education, health-care, national defense, homeland security, analytics, and corporate management.”
The conference brought together researchers, medical professionals, and game developers to share insights on how games can impact health care and policy, learning, and healthy lifestyles in general. Interesting presentations include an “Aids Education with Games presentation, a teacher who used the Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) video game to address the widespread obesity problem and to promote fitness with her students, and a student who used Second Life for medical training purposes. Click here to view the presentations.