Resto Quest – A Serious Game on the Restorative Effects of Immersive Virtual Environments

Weilun Chen; Conchita Martin Hoogerwaard; Jeffrey Lim; Tim Polderdijk; Tom Saveur; Asror Wali; Suzanne Brinkman; Ineke J.M. van der Ham; Rafael Bidarra

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-37171-4_14

Resto Quest – A Serious Game on the Restorative Effects of Immersive Virtual Environments

Weilun Chen, Conchita Martin Hoogerwaard, Jeffrey Lim, Tim Polderdijk, Tom Saveur, Asror Wali, Suzanne Brinkman, Ineke J.M. van der Ham, Rafael Bidarra^*

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Abstract

Mostly, restorative environments, like parks and forests, are only thought of in the real world. However, one can wonder whether their restorative effects translate to a virtual world; and whether the environment itself makes any difference. In order to assess the possible translation of restorative properties from the real world to a virtual setting, we developed Resto Quest, a single-player, first-person exploration game, designed to investigate the possible restorative effects of both natural and urban virtual environments. Resto Quest is playable on a normal personal computer, and its main game play loop consists of exploring the environment, locating in it a task to accomplish, and completing a simple minigame. After completion of each minigame, a positive change in the scenery takes place. Evaluation of Resto Quest has shown that players found its game mechanics relaxing, and that the minigames offer balanced difficulty between two interchangeable environments.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Simulation and Gaming for Social Impact - 53rd International Simulation and Gaming Association Conference, ISAGA 2022, Revised Selected Papers
Editors	Casper Harteveld, Giovanni Troiano, Steven Sutherland, Heide Lukosch, Sebastiaan Meijer
Publisher	Springer
Pages	199-213
Number of pages	15
ISBN (Print)	9783031371707
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-37171-4_14
Publication status	Published - 2023
Event	53rd International Simulation and Gaming Association Conference, ISAGA 2022 - Boston, United States Duration: 11 Jul 2022 → 14 Jul 2022

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	13622 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	53rd International Simulation and Gaming Association Conference, ISAGA 2022
Country/Territory	United States
City	Boston
Period	11/07/22 → 14/07/22

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Keywords

Attention Restoration Theory
Restorative Environments
Serious Games
Virtual environments

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Chen, W., Hoogerwaard, C. M., Lim, J., Polderdijk, T., Saveur, T., Wali, A., Brinkman, S., van der Ham, I. J. M., & Bidarra, R. (2023). Resto Quest – A Serious Game on the Restorative Effects of Immersive Virtual Environments. In C. Harteveld, G. Troiano, S. Sutherland, H. Lukosch, & S. Meijer (Eds.), Simulation and Gaming for Social Impact - 53rd International Simulation and Gaming Association Conference, ISAGA 2022, Revised Selected Papers (pp. 199-213). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 13622 LNCS). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-37171-4_14

Chen, Weilun ; Hoogerwaard, Conchita Martin ; Lim, Jeffrey et al. / Resto Quest – A Serious Game on the Restorative Effects of Immersive Virtual Environments. Simulation and Gaming for Social Impact - 53rd International Simulation and Gaming Association Conference, ISAGA 2022, Revised Selected Papers. editor / Casper Harteveld ; Giovanni Troiano ; Steven Sutherland ; Heide Lukosch ; Sebastiaan Meijer. Springer, 2023. pp. 199-213 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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Chen W, Hoogerwaard CM, Lim J, Polderdijk T, Saveur T, Wali A et al. Resto Quest – A Serious Game on the Restorative Effects of Immersive Virtual Environments. In Harteveld C, Troiano G, Sutherland S, Lukosch H, Meijer S, editors, Simulation and Gaming for Social Impact - 53rd International Simulation and Gaming Association Conference, ISAGA 2022, Revised Selected Papers. Springer. 2023. p. 199-213. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-37171-4_14