Theoretical Issues for Game-based Virtual Heritage
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Champion, Erik
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Champion, E. 2015. Theoretical Issues for Game-based Virtual Heritage. In Immersive Education, ed. Ebner, Martin; Erenli, Kai; Malaka, Rainer; Pirker, Johanna; Walsh, Aaron E., 125-136. Cham, Germany: Springer.
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This paper critiques essential features in prominent theories of serious games, and compares them to interaction features of commercial computer games that could be used for history and heritage-based learning in order to develop heuristics that may help future the specific requirements of serious game design for interactive history and digital heritage.
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