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Presentation given at BarCamp San Diego 7.
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Can Games Save Your Life?
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Games have the potential to revolutionize how we make healthy choices in our everyday lives.
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Challenge #1: Expectations ≠ Reality
Why isn’t this working?
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Challenge #2: Immediacy
If we only knew then what we know
now. . .
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Outcome: Confusion & Failure
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Games can directly impact the issues related to health behavior choices.
REWARDING IMMEDIATE FUN
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Rewards Are Reinforcing
But you have to find what works. . .
Reward/reinforcement strategies that promote healthy choices by delivering gratification NOW.
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RewardsImmediacyChallenge Mastery AutonomyCompetition(Social)
= FUNAnd the more fun it is the more you
play!
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Behavior 1: Diet
Fruit & Vegetable Intake
Saturated Fat Intake
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Behavior 2: Physical Activity
Total Daily Movement
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Technology & Health Behavior Games
MOBILE SENSORS
ALGORYTHMS SOCIAL NET
NETWORKS
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Advances in technology will allow us to develop game systems that encourage healthy choices for people of all ages.
And they will be. . .
PERSUASIVE OMNIPRESENT
FUN!
All photos via Flickr (Slide#/Flickr ID)1/mtsofan 2/eyefruit 3/johncohen 4/tokaris 5/b-tal
6/galrandcannon 7/keryvw 8/xploded 9/id-iom 11/bonnieshulman 12/aarmono
13/evelynishere14/jm999uk 15/thetruthabout
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Ernesto Ramirezerramirez@gmail.comwww.ernestoramirez.org@e_ramirez
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