Tapology: A Game-Based Platform to Facilitate E-Health and E-Inclusion

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Tapology: A Game-Based Platform to Facilitate E-Health and E-Inclusion

Ian Reynolds Gareth Robinson Kenneth C. Scott-brown Daniel J. Gilmour Malath Abbas Julie M. Harris Iain Mitchell Tom Majo John P. Isaacs Santiago Martinez Anita J. Simmers Mhairi Thurston

subject

mobile HCI E-health VDP::Technology: 500::Information and communication technology: 550::Computer technology: 551 Multimedia Process (engineering)Computer science business.industry Suite Universal design media_common.quotation_subject Cognition VDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Health sciences: 800 computer.software_genre Perceptual learning Human–computer interaction Information and Communications Technology accessible design Perception co-design The Internet E-inclusion business computer games media_common

description

Published version of a chapter in the book: Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction. Aging and Assistive Environments. Also available from the publisher at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07446-7_36 We have developed a tablet computer game app for low vision users that can be used to introduce a platform for gaming, internet and visual rehabilitation to older users who have not had prior experience with information communication technology (ICT). Our target user group is people diagnosed with Age Related Macular Degeneration (AMD). The primary goal of the app is to present a fun and engaging means for participants to engage with Information Communication Technology (ICT). A long-term goal of the project is to build a platform to gather data on current and on-going visual function by creating a suite of games that could generate sufficient regular visual engagement to enable perceptual learning in the preserved peripheral retina that is spared in AMD. The inclusive design process took into consideration the perceptual and cognitive constraints of the user group in. The 'Tapology©' app was formally launched at a large computer games festival where we gathered data from a range of users to inform the development of the gameplay. The initial results and feedback inform the ultimate goal of creating a suite of applications that have a wide social and geographic reach to promote and inform e-inclusion and e-health.

year	journal	country	edition	language
2014-01-01

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07446-7_36