Background As the gaming industry grows around the world, playing pervasive games is
becoming an important mode of entertainment. A pervasive game is one in which the game …

Location-based games have been around since 2000 across various fields, including
education, health, and entertainment. The main challenge facing such games is content …

The elderly population has grown significantly in recent years, requiring strategies focused
on promoting active aging to improve health and well-being. It may be achieved in many …

Studies in the last decades have highlighted how children spend less time outdoors, while
they are increasingly attracted by screens and indoor digital activities. Based on the …

The current technological development has allowed the incorporation of new peripherals in
game-based systems (GBS), allowing to offer experiences that were not possible before …

The significant growth of the older adult population in recent years, leads to an increase in
the generation of strategies that allow a prosperous and healthy aging for this population …

The number of game experiences based on the player's location has increased recently due
to proliferation of and innovation in related technologies. In the educational context, the goal …

Playability evaluation relies on heuristics as one of the most prominent approaches by virtue
of their comprehensiveness and relative ease of implementation. However, due to the …

Pervasive computing has become a key element to build applications that use fun as a
motivating component because it allows exploring new interaction schemes by making the …

Older adults face significant challenges when trying to incorporate contemporary technology
into their lives, which negatively impacts their ability to take full advantage of technological …