This thesis explores how the problem of players wanting to test out and practice the mechanics they were taught in the tutorial can be solved. The objective of this research was to discover how AI can be used to increase user engagement in this Naval Warfare game, resulting in more interest in Thales …

Bedrijfsovernames in de agrarische sector lopen niet altijd vlekkeloos. Buiten de financiële aspecten, spelen emoties en gevoelens een grote rol. Je levenswerk, wat misschien wel door je voorouders is opgebouwd, draag je immers niet zomaar over. Tijdens het Webinar ‘Bedrijfsovername - Next level’ deelden …

In de openbare ruimte is een breed palet aan partijen actief, met verschillende communicatiestijlen en ‘talen’. Een werkvorm die voor ieder begrijpelijk is en partijen verenigt is dan extra wenselijk. Is een serious game misschien zo’n werkvorm?

Cooperation is more likely upheld when individuals can choose their interaction partner. However, when individuals differ in their endowment or ability to cooperate, free partner choice can lead to segregation and increase inequality. To understand how decision-makers can decrease such inequality, we …

Workshop held at the EAPRIL 2024 conference.

Recent advances in digital technologies profoundly influence our daily lives and work. While enabling solutions to societal issues, these technologies also demand new knowledge and skills from professionals. An increasingly common way for organizations to address this issue is to set up learning communities …

This thesis explores the design and development of a customizable avatar system within Unity, aimed at facilitating conversations between healthcare professionals and their clients regarding family relations, mental health, and self-image in mental health facilities. Employing a multi-phase research …

This paper explores how so-called ‘Web3’ blockchain projects are materially and socially constituted. A blockchain is an append-only distributed database. The technology is being hyped as applicable for a whole range of industries, social service provisions, and as a fix for economic disparities in communities …

Our current smart society, where problems and frictions are smoothed out with smart, often invisi ble technology like AI and smart sensors, calls for designers who unravel and open the smart fabric. Societies are not malleable, and moreover, a smooth society without rough edges is neither desirable …