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		<title>Aquaris — three teams, two payers each, custom-built game controller</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2006 17:52:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aquaris is a game dedicated to teach and inform about renewable energy technologies and energy-saving measures to children of the fourth grade. Aquaris was intended to be set up in a small museum,owned by an electricity producing company. Private guided tours about the topic mentioned before where offered for whole fourth grade classes at once. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Aquaris is a game dedicated to teach and inform about renewable energy technologies and energy-saving measures to children of the fourth grade. Aquaris was intended to be set up in a small museum,owned by an electricity producing company. Private guided tours about the topic mentioned before where offered for whole fourth grade classes at once.<br />
For those reasons, three requirements were defined:</p>
<h3>facts</h3>
<ul>
<li>easy to learn game flow, due to minimal complexity of gameplay</li>
<li>easy to use, custom made controller</li>
<li>a whole class of up to 30 children can play within one hour</li>
<li>children learn in a playful way as knowledge pays off in our game</li>
<li>to cope with minor reading problems, mostly audio is used instead of text</li>
</ul>
<h3>advantages of the controller built at a glance</h3>
<div id="attachment_93" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 210px"><a href="controller-devices_high-quality.avi" target="_blank"><img title="the basic parts of our special controller - click to see a 3D animation" src="http://svenbuschbeck.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/hand-device_draft01-200px-with-labels.png" alt="click here to see a 3D animation (3mb) of the placement and function of the controllers" width="200" height="141" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">click to see a 3D animation about placement and function of the controllers</p></div>
<ul>
<li>form follows function: the cursor on the screen follows one to one the controller handle</li>
<li>no button functions need to be learned, all interactions necessary to play the game can be performed moving the handle</li>
<li>each controller device is placed accordingly to its cursor on the screen</li>
<li>very precise</li>
<li>only needs to be calibrated once at setup time</li>
<li>no influences of environment</li>
</ul>
<p>Or click <a title="see a 3D animation about placement and function of the controllers" href="/media/aquaris/controller-devices_low-quality.avi" target="_blank">here</a> to see a low quality (1mb) 3D animation version.<a title="goto Aquaris page" href="http://svenbuschbeck.net/wordpress/portfolio/aquaris/" target="_self"></a></p>
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