The definition of ‘Assistive Technology’ (AT) includes both assistive products and the services or actions necessary for safe and effective provision of the assistive products to people who need them. International standards and product specifications exist for assistive products. Despite huge unmet …

This graduation project, led by the Smart Industry research group at Saxion together with the Ambient Intelligence research group (AmI), aims to create an energy analysis tool for the SERENE/SUSTENANCE projects in the Dutch sustainable communities of Vriendenerf and Aardehuis. The goal of the project …

Innovations in digital storytelling techniques have spurred on the development of new journalistic and audience practices. The production processes of interactive and immersive journalistic narratives are highly technological and require specialist knowledge of both journalism and design, and require …

Academic design research often fails to contribute to design practice. This dissertation explores how design research collaborations can provide knowledge that design professionals will use in practice. The research shows that design professionals are not addressed as an important audience between the …

Goal:Create an e-learning or gamified prototype to increase the awareness of Dutch teenagers.Relevance:Today’s environment is devastated by the impact of fast fashion. People and planet suffer from the consequences of pollution and bad working environments. This project is created to increase the awareness …

This research report explores the idea of creating a virtual reality gamified experience that addresses the topic of mental health by bringing more understanding to mental disorders. In doing so, the paper begins by exploring how the topic of mental health could be broached with the use of video games. …

The Dutch Sustainable Fashion Week reaches many audiences with their message about sustainable fashion, but notably struggles to reach teenagers. Previous research done for the DSFW by Been et al (2019) suggested to them to look towards interactive application, such as e-learning or games to tackle this …

TerraTiler2D is a cheap and accessible tool that assists game developers in the procedural generation of 2D sidescroller game worlds during runtime.   Development of TerraTiler2D started on the 8th of February 2021, and the tool is scheduled for release on the Unity Asset store in July of 2021 for …

This thesis covers the development process of a realistic representation of a news item in VR. Additionally, the thesis aims to test whether this technology can generate empathic feedback in young adults from 20 to 30 years old. Another purpose is to make recommendations for future developers who are …

The design research described in this report was conducted as part of the Catwalk: Forces of Nature exhibition that is part of Textiel Festival Twente, an outdoor art exhibition centered around textiles. This specific project was based on the concept of connecting in a disconnected world and providing …