Earthquake Preparedness Using VR Gaming

Earthquake Preparedness Using VR Gaming

Facilitating Earthquake Preparedness at an Individual Level Through Immersive Virtual Reality Gaming 2023 – 2026 Summary This research will demonstrate that even personal experience of an earthquake, which is considered the most influential factor of earthquake...
Volcano Games for NZ Children

Volcano Games for NZ Children

Designing Learning Games about Volcanic Hazards for Primary Aged Children in a Bi-Cultural Environment 2022-2026 Summary This research aims to answer how learning games can be designed and used to encourage learning about natural hazards in Aotearoa New Zealand. Thus...
Immersive Regenerative Tourism Experiences

Immersive Regenerative Tourism Experiences

He karapitipitinga mariko – Immersive regenerative tourism experiences in Aotearoa 2024 – ongoing Summary Tourism is emerging from a global crisis. While tourism operators still negotiate the immediate effects of the global pandemic, systemic issues that emerged...
Connecting Remote Places and Players with Location-Based AR

Connecting Remote Places and Players with Location-Based AR

Connecting Remote Places and Players with a Location-Based Augmented Reality Game Design 2022 – 2025 This project explores how multiple co-located and remote players can connect with each other and their surroundings through a location-based augmented reality...
Realising Imagined Play

Realising Imagined Play

Realising Imagined Play: Transforming Everyday Objects into Virtual Tools for Augmented Reality Games, Using Participatory Design Methods 2022 – 2025 Summary Our work explores the use of everyday objects as interaction devices for augmented reality (AR) games....