Games and Creative Technologies Research Group
Information and Communication Technology Research Theme
Overview
The Games and Creative Technologies Research Group provides ICT expertise into projects looking to design meaningful and effective interventions for social change. This research group is a community engaged team that designs, develops, and evaluates playful and engaging technologies, working closely with industry members, government, and colleagues in disciplines such as psychology, pharmacy, medicine, environmental conservation, defence, and education to explore opportunities for ICT to make a positive social impact.
Find out more about how you can Partner with us or Study with us.
Impact and Engagement
Designing, developing, and evaluating the impact and effectiveness of serious games, virtual and augmented reality experiences, and mobile apps provides significant benefit to the community, while also allowing our research to contribute to the academic body of knowledge regarding design and development principles and best practice in ICT.
Our research seeks to solve problems such as stroke rehabilitation, smoking cessation, drug and alcohol addiction, energy conservation, and early childhood learning, through the development a range of technologies that provide significant benefit to the community. Providing insights of good design and development practice, the team has supported various multidisciplinary teams to build and evaluate projects in many areas of social need.
Partnerships
Our research is multidisciplinary and collaborative. If you’d like to partner with us, please get in touch with Kristy.deSalas@utas.edu.au.
