Games for health 2012: My Sensor Said So: What Personal Biometric Sensors Can Do Now for Games &...

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This talk describes how personal health sensors can be added to games in order to engage and sustain motivation of users. A developer tool called CommonSenses by Elbrys Networks is described in the last few slides to enable applications to use any sensor and not tie themselves to only one.

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My Sensor Said So: What Personal Biometric Sensors Can Do Now for Games & What They'll Do Next...

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Jim BurnsElbrys Networks

jeb@elbrys.com

@jebpublic

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What I’m Playing

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Extremely Active

Inactive

Very Active

Active Enough

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“Unrealistic Optimists “

By DenisGiles. flickr.com. Creative Commons License.

A cross-sectional study of awareness of physical activity: associations with personal, behavioral and psychosocial factorsEsther MF van Sluijs, 1 Simon J Griffin,1 and Mireille NM van Poppel2,3

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111/76 111 bpm 185 lbs

2122 calories

7324 steps

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Story.

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Inserting Sensor Data Into A Story

Player Metrics• Steps

• Intensity (5 levels)• Heart rate

• Activity type• Weight

• Blood Pressure• Blood Glucose

• Compliance

Metadata

Player’s Friends Metrics

• Steps• Intensity (5 levels)

• Heart rate• Activity type

• Weight• Blood Pressure• Blood Glucose

• Compliance

Metadata

Game Elements

Input

Player character /

avatar

Rules

Resources / Economy

Environment

NPC

Other Players

Story

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Audio Only

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Boardgames / Card games

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Social Games

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FDA, HIPPA and Other Bugbears

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Future…

9333Steps

Moved

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CommonSenses SensorManager

Manage My Sensors

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CommonSenses Offer Manager

Offer

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Initializing CommonSenses…commonSensesEnemyTeam = CommonSenses("1002945181186797796493", "Xa1xziV5EQOPjkNK2bDhxUo41MlYB9ZKkeg4zrcSGjGaSvIcynV5nr6rYmWd5l/GADQFsCtfuDX6wj2TXHBShQ==”,

"1081650638722930493760”, http://api-test.commonsenses.com:8080, "enemy");

commonSensesEnemyTeam.setCycleTime(3600);

commonSensesEnemyTeam.setup(function(flag){

if (flag){

// ready to get metric data}else{

console.log("Failed to setup commonSensesEnemyTeam");}

});

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Getting Metrics…commonSensesEnemyTeam.getMetrics(loadMetric);

And then…

function loadMetric(timeString,userInfo,count){

// then use userInfo and count }

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Step Attack Demo

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Questions?

• Me– jeb@elbrys.com– @jebpublic

• CommonSenses Developer Documentation (Alpha)– http://bit.ly/Mo4wBA

• CommonSenses Main Site– http://www.CommonSenses.com

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Thank You!

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Jim BurnsElbrys Networks

jeb@elbrys.com

@jebpublic

November 5-6, 2012www.gamesforhealtheurope.org

June 12-1, 2013Boston, MA