ECO ECO: Changing climate related behaviors for cellphone-based videogames

Yan Rock Zou; Nahal Mustafa; Nahil A. Memon; Mohamad Eid

doi:10.1109/HAVE.2015.7359476

ECO ECO: Changing climate related behaviors for cellphone-based videogames

Yan Rock Zou, Nahal Mustafa, Nahil A. Memon, Mohamad Eid

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Abstract

Global climate change has become a major issue of today's human society. Since most of our human activity could potentially have big environmental impacts once accumulated, it is especially important that the public is educated with the environmental effects of their daily actions. This paper's main purpose is to propose a gamified system that leverages the high saturation of smartphones and the rising popularity of Internet of Things (IoT) to educate young children with environmental concepts as well as encouraging them to commit to real-life "green habits". An android mobile game Eco Eco was developed to demonstrate the concept and test the proposed system's effectiveness for young users. This Farmville-like game is played only by conducting real-life environmental activities like using a reusable water bottle, walking more steps instead of using cars, or reduce usage of household electricity. The game, developed with Unity3D utilizes the Google Fit API for step count, CloudSight API for image recognition and a connected smart device for monitoring energy usage. A preliminary user test was also conducted to improve the usability of the system as well as to test the effects of this system.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	2015 IEEE International Symposium on Haptic, Audio and Visual Environments and Games, HAVE 2015 - Proceedings
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9781467391757
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/HAVE.2015.7359476
State	Published - Dec 16 2015
Event	14th IEEE International Symposium on Haptic, Audio and Visual Environments and Games, HAVE 2015 - Ottawa, Canada Duration: Oct 11 2015 → …

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Name	2015 IEEE International Symposium on Haptic, Audio and Visual Environments and Games, HAVE 2015 - Proceedings

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Other	14th IEEE International Symposium on Haptic, Audio and Visual Environments and Games, HAVE 2015
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Ottawa
Period	10/11/15 → …

Keywords

Serious Games
haptic communication system
smartphone
technology for visually impaired

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Human-Computer Interaction
Artificial Intelligence

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Zou, Y. R., Mustafa, N., Memon, N. A., & Eid, M. (2015). ECO ECO: Changing climate related behaviors for cellphone-based videogames. In 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Haptic, Audio and Visual Environments and Games, HAVE 2015 - Proceedings Article 7359476 (2015 IEEE International Symposium on Haptic, Audio and Visual Environments and Games, HAVE 2015 - Proceedings). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/HAVE.2015.7359476

ECO ECO: Changing climate related behaviors for cellphone-based videogames. / Zou, Yan Rock; Mustafa, Nahal; Memon, Nahil A. et al.
2015 IEEE International Symposium on Haptic, Audio and Visual Environments and Games, HAVE 2015 - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2015. 7359476 (2015 IEEE International Symposium on Haptic, Audio and Visual Environments and Games, HAVE 2015 - Proceedings).

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Zou, YR, Mustafa, N, Memon, NA & Eid, M 2015, ECO ECO: Changing climate related behaviors for cellphone-based videogames. in 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Haptic, Audio and Visual Environments and Games, HAVE 2015 - Proceedings., 7359476, 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Haptic, Audio and Visual Environments and Games, HAVE 2015 - Proceedings, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 14th IEEE International Symposium on Haptic, Audio and Visual Environments and Games, HAVE 2015, Ottawa, Canada, 10/11/15. https://doi.org/10.1109/HAVE.2015.7359476

Zou YR, Mustafa N, Memon NA, Eid M. ECO ECO: Changing climate related behaviors for cellphone-based videogames. In 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Haptic, Audio and Visual Environments and Games, HAVE 2015 - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2015. 7359476. (2015 IEEE International Symposium on Haptic, Audio and Visual Environments and Games, HAVE 2015 - Proceedings). doi: 10.1109/HAVE.2015.7359476

Zou, Yan Rock ; Mustafa, Nahal ; Memon, Nahil A. et al. / ECO ECO : Changing climate related behaviors for cellphone-based videogames. 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Haptic, Audio and Visual Environments and Games, HAVE 2015 - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2015. (2015 IEEE International Symposium on Haptic, Audio and Visual Environments and Games, HAVE 2015 - Proceedings).

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