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Tuesday, August 16 • 13:30 - 14:30
Serious Games and VR

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How are Applied Games adapting Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and other real world extensions? More and more VR applications are connecting users to real world goals. VR’s enhanced engagement and immersion is being used for branding, providing better medical treatment and promoting education and culture. Because of the specific focus and sometimes more limited scope, applied games can be a testing ground for design concepts that could be extended to entertainment gaming. Ten years ago Snow World, one of the first VR games, showed an enhanced beneficial effect for burn victims, because of the improved immersion. Now with much cheaper tech, experienced game developers, and easy to use game engines we see many more applications. Let our expert panel share their experiences with you.
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Roger ter Heide

Creative Business Advisor, ImproVive
Roger ter Heide is a creator, producer and organizer and is willing to take on a challenge. He has been working in the Dutch Game Industry since 2007. His focus has been applied games, casual games and other media solutions. He set up his own company ImproVive after working for major ICT and web companies in the Netherlands. He is the founder and organizer of the Dutch Game Awards and has organized major industry events for the Dutch Game... Read More →

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Gert-Jan Brok

CEO, Fantazm
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Patrick Huitema

Manager, teacher, developer, Saxion University of Applied Sciences
Theory on "hooked, how to build habit forming games" (Patrick huitema, Nir Eyal, Dan Ariely and Robert Sapolsky) | Entertainment and Serious games | Game Engines | Internships for programmers & game artists
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Roelof Terpstra

Owner, The Virtual Dutch Men
Roelof Terpstra, is the owner and CEO of ArchiVision Digital Imaging bv (www.archivsion.nl), a 3D company located in Wierden, The Netherlands, specializing in 3D presentations and solutions. He studied Building Architecture at the TU Delft. During his study for architect, he started his company ArchiVision in 1995. Since September 2014 he started the international brand The Virtual Dutch Men. In the last 21 years he has gathered a (still growing... Read More →
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Niel Vredeveldt


Tuesday August 16, 2016 13:30 - 14:30
Banana Island (Harbour Club) Harbour Club
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