Tapology: a game-based platform to facilitate e-health and e-inclusion

Kenneth C. Scott-Brown; Julie M. Harris; Anita Simmers; Mhairi Thurston; Malath Abbas; Tom de Majo; Ian Reynolds; Gareth Robinson; Iain Mitchell; Dan Gilmour; Santiago Martinez; John Isaacs

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-07446-7_36

Tapology: a game-based platform to facilitate e-health and e-inclusion

Kenneth C. Scott-Brown
, Julie M. Harris
, Anita Simmers
, Mhairi Thurston
, Malath Abbas
, Tom de Majo
, Ian Reynolds
, Gareth Robinson
, Iain Mitchell
, Dan Gilmour
, Santiago Martinez
, John Isaacs

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2 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

We have developed a tablet computer game app for low vision users that can be used to introduce a platform for gaming, internet and visual rehabilitation to older users who have not had prior experience with information communication technology (ICT). Our target user group is people diagnosed with Age Related Macular Degeneration (AMD). The primary goal of the app is to present a fun and engaging means for participants to engage with Information Communication Technology (ICT). A long-term goal of the project is to build a platform to gather data on current and on-going visual function by creating a suite of games that could generate sufficient regular visual engagement to enable perceptual learning in the preserved peripheral retina that is spared in AMD. The inclusive design process took into consideration the perceptual and cognitive constraints of the user group in. The ‘Tapology©’ app was formally launched at a large computer games festival where we gathered data from a range of users to inform the development of the gameplay. The initial results and feedback inform the ultimate goal of creating a suite of applications that have a wide social and geographic reach to promote and inform e-inclusion and e-health.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Universal access in Human-Computer Interaction
Subtitle of host publication	aging and assistive environments: 8th International Conference, UAHCI 2014, held as part of HCI International 2014, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, June 22-27, 2014, proceedings, part III
Editors	Constantine Stephanidis, Margherita Antona
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Pages	368-377
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319074467
ISBN (Print)	9783319074450
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07446-7_36
Publication status	Published - 2014
Event	8th International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction - Creta Maris Beach Resort, Heraklion, Greece Duration: 21 Jun 2014 → 26 Jun 2014 Conference number: 8

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Volume	8515
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	8th International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction
Abbreviated title	UAHCI 2014
Country/Territory	Greece
City	Heraklion
Period	21/06/14 → 26/06/14

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities

Keywords

E-health
E-inclusion
Games
Co-design
Accessible design
Mobile HCI

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10.1007/978-3-319-07446-7_36

Daniel Gilmour
- d.gilmourabertay.acuk
- Department of Built Environment and Life Sciences - Professor of Sustainability Assessment and Enhancement
Person: Academic
Mhairi Thurston
- m.thurstonabertay.acuk
- Department of Health, Sport and Wellbeing - Professor of Applied Counselling and Psychotherapy Research in Sight Loss
Person: Academic

Emotional support and inclusion for blind and partially sighted people in the United Kingdom: the development of counselling for sight loss, a pluralistic practice model
Thurston, M. (Author), Dickens, G. L. (Supervisor) & Hardie, S. M. (Supervisor), Jun 2017
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › PhD

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Scott-Brown, K. C., Harris, J. M., Simmers, A., Thurston, M., Abbas, M., de Majo, T., Reynolds, I., Robinson, G., Mitchell, I., Gilmour, D., Martinez, S., & Isaacs, J. (2014). Tapology: a game-based platform to facilitate e-health and e-inclusion. In C. Stephanidis, & M. Antona (Eds.), Universal access in Human-Computer Interaction: aging and assistive environments: 8th International Conference, UAHCI 2014, held as part of HCI International 2014, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, June 22-27, 2014, proceedings, part III (pp. 368-377). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 8515). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07446-7_36

Scott-Brown, Kenneth C. ; Harris, Julie M. ; Simmers, Anita et al. / Tapology : a game-based platform to facilitate e-health and e-inclusion. Universal access in Human-Computer Interaction: aging and assistive environments: 8th International Conference, UAHCI 2014, held as part of HCI International 2014, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, June 22-27, 2014, proceedings, part III. editor / Constantine Stephanidis ; Margherita Antona. London : Springer International Publishing, 2014. pp. 368-377 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

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Scott-Brown, KC, Harris, JM, Simmers, A, Thurston, M, Abbas, M, de Majo, T, Reynolds, I, Robinson, G, Mitchell, I, Gilmour, D, Martinez, S & Isaacs, J 2014, Tapology: a game-based platform to facilitate e-health and e-inclusion. in C Stephanidis & M Antona (eds), Universal access in Human-Computer Interaction: aging and assistive environments: 8th International Conference, UAHCI 2014, held as part of HCI International 2014, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, June 22-27, 2014, proceedings, part III. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 8515, Springer International Publishing, London, pp. 368-377, 8th International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction, Heraklion, Greece, 21/06/14. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07446-7_36

Tapology: a game-based platform to facilitate e-health and e-inclusion. / Scott-Brown, Kenneth C.; Harris, Julie M.; Simmers, Anita et al.
Universal access in Human-Computer Interaction: aging and assistive environments: 8th International Conference, UAHCI 2014, held as part of HCI International 2014, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, June 22-27, 2014, proceedings, part III. ed. / Constantine Stephanidis; Margherita Antona. London: Springer International Publishing, 2014. p. 368-377 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 8515).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

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Scott-Brown KC, Harris JM, Simmers A, Thurston M, Abbas M, de Majo T et al. Tapology: a game-based platform to facilitate e-health and e-inclusion. In Stephanidis C, Antona M, editors, Universal access in Human-Computer Interaction: aging and assistive environments: 8th International Conference, UAHCI 2014, held as part of HCI International 2014, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, June 22-27, 2014, proceedings, part III. London: Springer International Publishing. 2014. p. 368-377. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). Epub 2014 May 15. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-07446-7_36

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