Eldergames project: an innovative mixed reality table-top solution to preserve cognitive functions in elderly people

Authors:
Luciano Gamberini;Francesco Martino;Bruno Seraglia;Anna Spagnolli;Malena Fabregat;Francisco Ibanez;Mariano Alcaniz;Javier Montesa Andrés
Affiliations:
HTLab, Department of General Psychology, University of Padova;HTLab, Department of General Psychology, University of Padova;HTLab, Department of General Psychology, University of Padova;HTLab, Department of General Psychology, University of Padova;AIJU, Toy Research Institute, Spain;Brainstorm Multimedia, Spain;Instituto en Bioingeniería y Tecnología Orientada al Ser Humano, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain;Instituto en Bioingeniería y Tecnología Orientada al Ser Humano, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain
Venue:
HSI'09 Proceedings of the 2nd conference on Human System Interactions
Year:
2009

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Abstract

Advances in new technologies can provide solutions to prevent impairments associated with normal aging, track performance at specific tasks, and provide an entertaining experience to elderly people. Based on these premises we present Eldergames, an EU funded project that aims at creating an interactive tool for preserving cognitive functions impaired by aging and affording sociability. A first prototype has recently been created and its acceptance has been tested on groups of elderly users. The prototype proved able to provide a pleasant social cognitive training because of its simplicity, usability of the interface, and multiplayer architecture.