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Title An Ubiquitous Game for Providing Emotional Support to Hospitalized Children
Authors Ramon Cruzat, Sergio Ochoa, Luis Guerrero
Publication date 2012
Abstract Kids under treatments that involve long stays at a
hospital or
health center tend to get bored or depressed because of the lack of social
interaction with family and friends. Such a situation also affects the
evolution and effec-tiveness of their treatments. This article presents a
mobile ubiquitous game called MagicRace, which allows hospitalized kinds to
interact socially with one another, without putting to risk their sensitive
health conditions. The game does not require a communication infrastructure
at the hospital, but instead, it uses a mobile ad hoc network composed of
the handhelds used by the kids to play
Pages 171-174
Conference name International Workshop on Ambient Assisted Living
Publisher Springer-Verlag (Berlin/Heidelberg, Germany)
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