{"id":263,"date":"2015-10-21T13:26:34","date_gmt":"2015-10-21T18:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/vr2015\/?p=263"},"modified":"2015-10-21T13:30:03","modified_gmt":"2015-10-21T18:30:03","slug":"reading-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/vr2015\/2015\/10\/21\/reading-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>For class<\/strong>\u00a010\/27\/15<br \/>\n<strong>Post Comments by<\/strong>\u00a011:59 pm on\u00a010\/25\/15<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Towards Virtual Reality for the Masses: 10 Years of Research at Disney\u2019s VR Studio<\/strong><br \/>\nMark Mine<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvschafer.com\/files\/disney_vr.pdf\">\u00a0http:\/\/www.dvschafer.com\/files\/disney_vr.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Serious games continuum: Between games for purpose and experiential environments for purpose<\/strong><br \/>\nTim Marsh<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S1875952110000224\">http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S1875952110000224<\/a><\/p>\n<p>or on box at<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uwmadison.box.com\/s\/0ahbt32l7h4i02vuhikt6k8sgwdsynxm\">https:\/\/uwmadison.box.com\/s\/0ahbt32l7h4i02vuhikt6k8sgwdsynxm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Discussion Article 1\u00a0(write a paragraph for each)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>For the listed systems choose\u00a0<strong>three<\/strong> design decisions that you thought were <strong>wise.<\/strong>\u00a0Describe what issues you thought these decisions addressed.<\/li>\n<li>For the listed systems choose\u00a0<strong>three<\/strong>\u00a0design decisions that you thought were<strong>strange or misguided. \u00a0<\/strong>Describe you issues with the choices and what other approaches you think they could have taken.<\/li>\n<li>What jumped out to you from this paper? \u00a0This could be something you found interesting or curious.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Discussion Article 2 (Pick 3)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Do you agree with the author\u2019s definition of serious games (p 63)?\u00a0 Do you agree with the continuum on Figure 1?\u00a0 Can something be a game and have no gaming characteristics for experience?<\/li>\n<li>Choose one of the examples listed in section 3.x.\u00a0 Find and list a\u00a0 video or external reference for the example.\u00a0 Discuss how you would position this example on the continuum.<\/li>\n<li>Do you agree with the author\u2019s discussion point that serious gaming is a form of cost-effective VR?\u00a0 Do you think all of VR could be considered a form of serious gaming?<\/li>\n<li>Define and discuss the term \u2018games\u2019. \u00a0Discuss how your definition agrees or contradicts this article<\/li>\n<li>You may find a term or topic that you are unfamiliar with. \u00a0If you would like to, do a little research on the subject (wikipedia would be a good place to start). 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