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, Director of the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) Games Group, was interviewed by CTV News to comment on how a pair from Guelph have built an online community through Twitch to connect with people during COVID.

Dr. Nacke's work involves researching and designing innovative gamification applications that push the boundaries of what we can do with games. In the interview, Nacke commented on the social power of games to bring people together.

The Touchless Elevator Concept was developed by GI member °Õ²¹²Ô²¹²âÌý³§¾±²Ô²µ³ó²¹±ô, Research Intern for the Haptic Computing Lab, and co-author , a PhD student at Cornell doing research in HCI and Accessibility. A story about this work is featured on the À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Homepage: Elevating haptics.

The Games Institute is very pleased to welcome four new faculty members (in alphabetical order): Robert Burns from Kinesiology, Dr. Daniel Harley from the Stratford School of Interaction Design and Business, Dr. Luke Potwarka from Recreation and Leisure Studies, and Dr. Muhammad Umair Shah from Management Sciences. In lieu of walking them around the Institute for face-to-face introductions, we asked them a few questions so our community can get to know them better...

For the first time, US doctors can prescribe a video game. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has just approved EndeavorRX as an effective treatment for kids with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD

– quoted from "" by David Nield in Science Alert.

Missed the event from Thursday, June 25? Watch it now on YouTube. Drs. Aynur Kadir, Jennifer Boger, Jim Wallace, and Michael Barnett-Cowan of the Games Institute, Scotiabank's Andrea Kerswill, and Glove System's Ray Simonson talk about what we have seen so far about our attempt to capitalize on virtual technology to manage through the crisis, the pros and cons of virtual connectivity, what weaknesses of virtual reality have been exposed, and how to reinvent the future.

Gateway for Enterprises to Discover Innovation (GEDI) presents the culmination of their 6-part event series, Post-COVID-19 Reboot...

"Rebooting with Research: Our virtual future" will take place June 25, 2020, at 1pm, featuring a fully-packed GI member panel. Dr. Neil Randall, Games Institute Executive Director and Chair of the Council for Responsible Innovation and Technology, moderates the event.

Expert panelists include:

This week, our Research Spotlight blog features work by Rina Wehbe, PhD student from the Cheriton School of Computer Science, and collaborators Terence Dickson, Anastasia Kuzminykh, Lennart E. Nacke, and Edward Lank. Originally published for the CHI 2020 proceedings, this work looks at player perceptions of personal space on large, multi-touch displays.

Pamela Maria Schmidt, currently Research Projects Facilitator at the Games Institute, received the English Co-op Report Award in recognition of her significant contribution to our community during her co-op terms.

We turned the insights from Dr. Shana MacDonald's talk "" into a handy toolkit, suitable for an interdisciplinary audience. In convenient PDF form, we hope this toolkit helps to break down the mystique of publishing and show you that you're not alone.

The GI Game Jam returns virtually for four days, June 25th - June 28th. 

For the 1st time ever, the entire event is online.

Build a game with your team, join a thriving community & have lots of fun. Check out  for more information or !