Junia Coutinho Anacleto

• ICEC2013 - 12th International Conference on Entertainment Computing, AO.R

• Abstract

  The Visiting researcher will contribute to the development of the UNITY Project (Using Natural Interfaces To support empathY), sponsored by Microsoft-FAPESP Institute, proc 2010/52135-9, in which he is Associated Researcher from UBC, Institution partner at the Project, that, in a partnership with a special chronic care hospital for individuals with neurological and brain disorders, intend…

  UNITY (Using Natural Interfaces To support empathY): a culturally-sensitive environment for flexible natural interaction to support transitioning from a chronic care hospital context: full time presential collaboration, AV.EXT

• Abstract

  This project, in a partnership with a special chronic care hospital for individuals with neurological and brain disorders, intends to focus on patients that are in the hospital selected for transitioning to live in society again. As changes in the therapeutic procedures for patients means changes in the working procedures for health professionals, this project looks mainly to investigate …

  A culturally-sensitive environment for flexible natural interaction to support transitioning from a chronic care hospital context, AP.R

(Only some records are available in English at this moment)

• Abstract

  Community is commonly considered a social unity that shares something, as norms, values, identity, considering a physical or virtual space where they are situated. Being part of a community increases our welfare, improving our capacity of dealing with hard changes in life, such as a loss of a loved one, being fired or home moving. It may also be seen as an indicator of health - just as im…

  Exploring the use of ICTs to support socialization in public spaces, BP.IC

• Abstract

  Here is presented a Scientific Initiation research program that aims to explore new hardware platforms, like Microsoft's Kinect, to support Natural User Interfaces (NUI) as a new interaction paradigm. More specifically, we aim at verifying if it is possible to improve the human-technology interaction by adopting Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) solutions based on user gest…

  Exploring new hardware as natural interaction support, BP.IC
• Tap Sense: Contextualized Educational Game Supported by Common Sense for the iPhone/iPod platform, BP.IC