An Educational Game Focusing on Environmental Issues That Achieves Full-body Interaction and Makes Practical Use of Position Measuring Technologies

2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23300303
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Educational technology
• Research Institution: Kobe University
• Principal Investigator: TAKEDA Yoshiaki 神戸大学, 人間発達環境学研究科, 名誉教授 (90155028)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): MIZOGUCHI Hiroshi 東京理科大学, 理工学部, 教授 (00262113) ; SUGIMOTO Masanori 北海道大学, 情報科学研究科, 教授 (90280560) ; KUSUNOKI Fusako 多摩美術大学, 美術学部, 教授 (40192025) ; INAGAKI Shigenori 神戸大学, 大学院・人間発達環境学研究科, 教授 (70176387) ; YAMAGUCHI Etsuji 神戸大学, 大学院・人間発達環境学研究科, 准教授 (00324898)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-01 – 2014-03-31
• Keywords: フル・ボディ・インタラクション / デジタルゲーム / 環境学習 / 植生遷移

Research Abstract

The goal of this research was to identify a method for achieving full-body interaction as an accommodative learning environment with embodiment, equipped with scientific and entertainment qualities through a digital game that makes it possible to experience complex natural phenomenon and large, temporal scale changes. The results are reflected in the following two points. (1) Through the development of a digital game that allows users to experience transitions in forest vegetation, an implementation method was identified for the practical application of position measuring technologies through image recognition and ultrasonic waves. (2) An evaluation experiment was conducted on Mt. Rokko, and the effects of learning support for full-body interaction were clarified in an empirical fashion; these effects included inspiring and sustaining learners' interest in and facilitating their understanding of plant succession and conservation in the satoyama woodlands.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Novel application of ultrasonic sensors and kinect sensors to identify people and measure their location -realization of "Human SUGOROKU" : A large scale board game in which people play as pieces (2013)
  • Author(s): Nakayama, T., Adachi, T., Ogitsu, T., Takemura, H., Mizoguchi, H., Kusunoki, F., Sugimoto, M., Yamaguchi, E., Inagaki, S., & Takeda Y
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Sensing Technology (ICST 2013) Pages: 470-475
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Full-body Interaction digital game of vegetation succession for children (2013)
  • Author(s): Adachi, T., Muratsu, K., Mizoguchi, H., Namatame, M., Sugimoto, M., Kusunoki, F., Yamaguchi, E., Inagaki, S., & Takeda, Y, L.-H. Wong, C.-C. Liu, T. Hirashima, P. Sumedi, & M. Lukman (Eds.)
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Computers in Education Pages: 654-656
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Development of a full-body interaction digital game for children to learn vegetation succession (2013)
  • Author(s): Adachi, T., Mizoguchi, H., Namatame, M., Kusunoki, F., Sugimoto, M., Muratsu, K., Yamaguchi, E., Inagaki, S., & Takeda, Y, D. Reidsma, H. Katayose, & A. Nijholt (Eds.)
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of 10th International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology Volume: 8253 Pages: 492-496
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Evaluation of the 'Pocket Plant Guide' to support learning about plants in vegetation succession (2013)
  • Author(s): Muratsu, K., Kusunoki, F., Takeda, Y., Inoue, H., Funaoi, H., Yamaguchi, E., Inagaki, S., Mizoguchi, H., & Sugimoto, M, L.-H. Wong, C.-C. Liu, T. Hirashima, P. Sumedi, & M. Lukman (Eds.)
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Computers in Education Pages: 642-644
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Integration of ultrasonic sensors and kinect sensors for people distinction and 3D localization (2013)
  • Author(s): Adachi, Y., Goseki, M., Takemura, H., Mizoguchi, H., Kusunoki, H., Sugimoto, M., Yamaguchi, E., Inagaki, S., & Takeda, Y
  • Journal Title: Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics Volume: 25(4) Pages: 762-766
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Human SUGOROKU : Full-body interaction system for students to learn vegetation succession (2013)
  • Author(s): Adachi, T., Goseki, M., Muratsu, K., Mizoguchi, H., Namatame, M., Sugimoto, M., Kusunoki, F., Yamaguchi, E., Inagaki, S., & Takeda, Y
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children Pages: 364-367
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Development and evaluation of "Pocket Plant Guide" to support the observation and identification of indicator plants for vegetation succession (2013)
  • Author(s): Muratsu, K., Kusunoki, F., Takeda, Y., Inoue, H., Yamaguchi, E., Inagaki, S., Mizoguchi, H., & Sugimoto, M
  • Journal Title: Proceesings of 5th International Conference on Computer Supported Education Pages: 675-679
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Full-body interactive "Board"game for learning vegetation succession based on identification of people and 3D position measurement (2012)
  • Author(s): Goseki, M., Adachi, T., Takemura, H., Mizoguchi, H., Kusunoki, F., Sugimoto, M., Yamaguchi, E., Inagaki, S., & Takeda, Y, G. Biswas, L.-H. Wong, T. Hirashima, & W. Chen (Eds.)
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Computers in Education Pages: 514-516
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Evaluation of a mobile plant-identification system to support the study of vegetation succession (2012)
  • Author(s): Inoue, H., Kusunoki, F., Takeda, Y., Yamaguchi, E., Inagaki, S., Mizoguchi, H., & Sugimoto, M, G. Biswas, L.-H. Wong, T. Hirashima, & W. Chen (Eds.)
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Computers in Education Pages: 438-440
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Study on identification of people and 3D position measurement with ultrasonic sensors and kinect sensors (2012)
  • Author(s): Adachi, T., Goseki, M., Takemura, H., Mizoguchi, H., Kusunoki, F., Sugimoto, M., Yamaguchi, E., Inagaki, S., & Takeda, Y
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of 2012 International Symposium on Nonlinear Theory and its Applications Pages: 247-250
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] スマートフォンとシミュレーションゲームを用いた森林学習支援システムの評価 (2012)
  • Author(s): 井上晴香・楠房子・武田義明・山口悦司・稲垣成哲
  • Journal Title: 教育システム情報学会研究報告 Volume: 第26巻, 第6号 Pages: 137-140
• [Journal Article] Improvement and evaluation of vegetation interaction game (2011)
  • Author(s): Deguchi, A., Takeda, Y., Kusunoki, F., Tanaka, M., Yamaguchi, E., Inagaki, S., and Sugimoto, M
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference Game and Entertainment Technologies 2011 Pages: 114-118
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] 「人間すごろく」に向けた複数異種センサ群各座標系の簡便な統一方法 (2013)
  • Author(s): 中山智裕・足立孝之・竹村裕・溝口博・楠房子・杉本雅則・山口悦司・稲垣成哲・武田義明
  • Organizer: 日本機械学会ロボティクス・メカトロニクス講演会2013 (Robomec 2013) 講演論文集
  • Place of Presentation: つくば国際会議場
  • Year and Date: 2013-05-23
• [Presentation] 環境問題学習ゲーム 「人間すごろく」のための人物位置計測技術 (2012)
  • Author(s): 足立孝之・後関政史・溝口博・楠房子・杉本雅則・山口悦司・稲垣成哲・武田義明
  • Organizer: 日本科学教育学会第36回年会論文集
  • Place of Presentation: 東京理科大学
  • Year and Date: 2012-08-28
• [Presentation] 超音波センサとキネクトセンサとの統合による複数人物の識別と 3 次元位置計測 (2012)
  • Author(s): 足立孝之・後関政史・竹村裕・溝口博・楠房子・杉本雅則・山口悦司・稲垣成哲・武田義明
  • Organizer: 日本機械学会ロボティクス・メカトロニクス講演会2012(Robomec 2012)講演論文集
  • Place of Presentation: アクトシティ浜松
  • Year and Date: 2012-05-29
• [Presentation] Evaluation of the user interface design on vegetation interaction game for children (2011)
  • Author(s): Kusunoki, F., Takeda, Y., Tanaka, M., Yamaguchi, E., Deguchi, A., Kamiyama, S., Inagaki, S., & Sugimoto, M
  • Organizer: Paper presented at the 2011 Visual Information Communication -International Symposium
  • Place of Presentation: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
  • Year and Date: 2011-08-04