AIM
Serious games address practical problems by using games as a backbone for reaching a wider audience and enabling immersive experiences in areas ranging from education and museums to healthcare and environment. In this workshop, we are calling out for novel research on serious games addressing cross-stack aspects ranging from theory and design to immersive devices, ethical implications, and (interdisciplinary) applications.
TOPICS
- serious games theory, design, and methodology
- extended reality in serious games
- immersive experience through integrated haptic and XR devices
- legal and ethical implications of serious games
- applications of serious games in environment, well-being, digital heritage, etc.
SCIENTIFIC CHAIRS
- Marc Frîncu, West University of Timisoara
IMPORTANT DATES
- June 15, 2025 (AoE): Paper submission
- July 25, 2025 (AoE): Notification of acceptance
- September 12, 2025: Registration
- September 12, 2025: Revised papers according to reviews
- September 22-25, 2025: Symposium
All deadlines are 11:59 pm, AoE time (Anywhere on Earth).
PAPER SUBMISSION
We invite submissions containing original research results in the form of:
- full research papers
- short papers (work in progress)
Papers of up to 8 pages prepared according to the CPS template must be submitted electronically using the submission system that will be later accessible through EasyChair.
Research papers must contain original research results not submitted and not published elsewhere. Authors who want to present work in progress or discuss new aspects or a survey of their older research results at the workshop are welcome to submit an extended abstract (up to 4 pages). Papers will be refereed and accepted on the basis of their scientific merit and relevance to the workshop topics.
PUBLICATION
Research papers that are accepted and presented at the workshop will be collected as proceedings published by Conference Publishing Service (CPS) and will be submitted for indexing in ISI Web of Science, DBLP, SCOPUS.
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
- David Brown, Nottingham Trent University, UK
- Dragoș Coste, 3Deva, Romania
- Manuela Incerti, University of Ferrara, Italy
- Cesar Gonzalez-Garcia, Instituto de Ciencias del Patrimonio, Incipit – CSIC, Spain
- Georg Zotti, VRVis Zentrum für Virtual Reality und Visualisierung Forschungs-GmbH, Vienna, Austria