Although the widespread use of gaming for leisure purposes has been well documented, the
use of games to support cultural heritage purposes, such as historical teaching and learning …

Since the first edition of this book in 2007, there has been a fast evolution in Virtual Reality.
Palmer Luckey designed a prototype for what would become the Oculus Rift Virtual Reality …

Although the widespread use of gaming for leisure purposes has been well documented, the
use of games to support cultural heritage purposes, such as historical teaching and learning …

Powerful graphics hardware is enabling strong improvements in both the appearance and
the complexity of virtual worlds for games and simulations. However, current practices in the …

Current game worlds often fall short in providing consistency between the visual
representation of the world and the way it feels, behaves, and reacts. This problem partly …

Abstract Design of game worlds is becoming more and more labor-intensive because of the
increasing demand and complexity of content. This is being partially addressed by …

Building intelligent behavior in (educational) games and simulations can greatly benefit from
the use of agent technology. Intelligent agents within a multi-agent system can be developed …

Adaptive games are expected to improve on the pre-scripted and rigid nature of traditional
games. Current research uses player and experience modeling techniques to successfully …

In this paper, we are focusing on digital serious games (edugames) and how they can be
utilized in teaching in the ethics and citizenship domain. Our aim is to combine narrative …

The use of procedural content generation to support adaptive games is starting to gain
momentum in current research. However, there are still many open issues to tackle, namely …