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September 18, 2009

IMD Study Seeks Participants!

Social Motivation Adaptive Reality Treatment Games (SMART-Games) is a research project for improving social competence in children.

We invite your child to help us test an innovative game and game controller designed for children ages 6-12.

Your child’s participation is requested for a play session that will last 30-60 minutes at USC’s Electronic Arts Game Innovation Lab.

As a token of our appreciation, your family will receive a gift certificate for $15 from a major retailer. Parking can be made available at no cost.

Your participation is voluntary and any information collected during the study will be kept confidential.

The study is collaboration between USC’s School of Cinematic Arts and UCLA’s Center for Autism Research and Treatments.

If you are interested, please email:
mgotsis@cinema.usc.edu


September 9, 2009

Games, Virtual Reality, and the Pursuit of Happiness

Some shameless self-promotion because as we say in my little country, "if you don't praise your own house, it will come tumbling down and crush you..."

New article - hadn't published in some time so this is important to me.
Games, Virtual Reality, and the Pursuit of Happiness

You can download it free if you are an IEEE subscriber or go through the USC library logon first.