Prof. Dorien Herremans SUTD Town Hall, 28 November 2018 History - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

• Prof. Dorien Herremans

SUTD Town Hall, 28 November 2018

History – SUTD Game Lab

• Established in 2012 – To continue the work of the Singapore-MIT

GAMBIT Game Lab, funded by NRF under Game Research, Education and Training (GREaT) Funding initiative

à to pioneer a unique model of game experimentation, education, and training that will propel the Singapore game landscape to new height.

• In 2018, following the success of the initial 5 year seed grant:

à Research Institute, supported by SUTD and individual research projects.

Research focus on AI, AR and VR in gamification for education, AI/Robotics, healthcare.

Objectives

Provide state-of-the-art skills and expertise in user-centric game design for serious AR/VR games in the field of education, robotics/AI, and healthcare, and further research this field. Deliver commercially ready gamified systems through collaboration with industry and faculty, and thus reinforce the capability of SUTD in these cutting-edge domains. Outreach and education through workshops, conferences, and teaching.

Who is Game Lab?

Creating serious games with a focus on AI, augmented and virtual reality.

Edmond

Programmer

Ben

Programmer

Yoga

Designer

Carol

Artist

Kean Wai

Artist

Dorien

Director

Danny

Programmer

Melvin

Associate

Alan

Programmer

Serious games

Serious games

Serious games are user-centric and designed for a primary purpose other than pure entertainment. Yet, they motivate players to learn, or perform a task. Our focus areas:

• Education
• Healthcare
• Environment
• Marketing
• Virtual testbed for robotics and AI

Management training game

Stranded In collaboration with SMU Experience three types of management styles first hand. Playful learning is known to increase knowledge retention.

Raise Awareness about the defibrilator

Informing people about things that matter Code Blue: Sometimes having a hands-on interaction is the best way to appreciate a subject matter.

Game for dementia patients

Piece by piece Puzzle pieces kept getting lost. This game can be played on any tablet. In collaboration with Changi General Hospital.

National Science Experiment

Nationwide program to gather data Asthma Knight

The game challenges students to carry an Air Quality Device as often as possible – by REWARDING them with in-game items as they walk around more! The game encourages the player to monitor and take actions to improve the air quality.

Rehab exercise game

Motivate patients to perform exercises longer and better. Game play is driven by letting patients move the phone up and down.

Promoting SUTD

Kinetikos Puzzle game developed for SUTD Marketing Showcased at Open Day 2018

Available on Play Store and iOS

Promoting SUTD

Campus in Bloom Campaign at SUTD that provides a unique opportunity for donors to make a green investment and a gift of education.

Game Lab’s objectives

• Assist faculty in bringing their research projects to commercial quality

gamification and/or to include AR/VR technologies, with a focus on AI and AR/VR.

• Research in AI gamification technology.
• Demonstrate capabilities of SUTD in AR/VR and gamification with novel

technologies to the general public and scientific community.

• Develop state-of-the-art gamification of education customized to the SUTD

curriculum.

• Consult and advise faculty, students, and researchers of SUTD on game design,

AR/VR through informal workshops and offer assistance in classes if needed.

STUDENTS > INNOVATIVE GAMES

• Touch Dimensions
• Ludochip

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GAMES

Finalists and winners of notable game festivals and competitions, such as

International Recognition - Awards

• Weightless
• Judges choice award @ GameStart 2018
• ReelBlade
• Best Technological Game @ TGS 2015
• One Upon Light
• Best Game of IGF China 2013
• Famitsu Indie Excellence @ TGS 2014
• 4Gamer.Net Indie Excellence @ TGS 2014
• CarneyVale Showtime
• Grand Winner of Dream Build Play 2008

Outreach and education activities

Game Innovation Program (GIP)

• Offered since 2013
• Designed to foster the next generation of game visionaries.
• Innovative hands-on education that presents challenges faced by

leading game companies, start-ups, and indie developers.

100+ 100+

STUDENTS TRAINED

20+ 20+

INDUSTRY MENTORS

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WEEKS OF DEVELOPMENT

4-5

INNOVATIVE GAMES

Game Innovation Program (GIP)

• Student team CUBIX wins the

Judges Choice Award at GameStart 2018 with their GIP game Weightless

• Showcase of student games at

GameStart Asia 2018 and Singapore Toy, Game, Comic Convention 2018, and Tapei Game Show 2019

DBS Game Dev Conference

• Co-organised with DBS
• 206 registered participants
• Brought together over 20 industry experts to

provide insights and advice on what an aspiring game developer needs to know to embark on a career in games “...appreciate that DBS and SUTD partnered for such a ground-breaking event, which SG has needed for a long time.”

DBS Game Dev Conference

Big names such as: Wan Hazmer (Ex-lead Designer of Final Fantasy XV)

DBS Game Dev Conference

Attendees got some hands-on experience in the workshops and met with industry at recruitment booths.

DBS Game Dev Conference

Conference ended with a panel

• f female representation from

industry.

Outreach in a multitude of events

• IMDA Tech Weekend
• CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls

School (workshop for 420 students)

• World Intellectual Property

Organization Workshop

• Serious Games Conference
• …

Minister for Information, Communication and Arts, Yaacob Ibrahim at IMDA Tech Weekend

Current projects and research focus

Current research topics

• AR for education, VR testbed for robotics, serious games for

dementia patients,…

Climate change initiative

• P.E.A.R.
• IDC project
• P280: SUTD Climate Change

Initiative

• Augmented reality game to:
• Raise awareness
• Drive positive behaviour
• Fundraising
• Fun!

gamelab.sutd.edu.sg

SUTD Town Hall, 28 November 2018