TriggerHunter: designing an educational game for families with asthmatic children

  • Authors:

  • Hwajung Hong;Hee Young Jeong;Rosa I. Arriaga;Gregory D. Abowd

  • Affiliations:

  • Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA;Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA;Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA;Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA

  • Venue:
  • CHI '10 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

In this paper, we propose a collaborative and educational game for families with asthmatic children to improve their health. This paper describes design approaches and specifications of a game called TriggerHunter that enables asthmatic children to see asthma triggers in their home environment through an augmented reality technology. The goal of designing a game for tracking asthma triggers in the real world is to educate asthmatic children and their parents about triggers that may cause asthma attacks or worsen symptoms. By providing tailored learning experience that is enjoyable, this interactive game aims to increase awareness of asthma triggers and changes behaviors as to improve pediatric asthma management.