Games for Health

TOWARD PLAYFUL MACHINES AND CURIOUS AGENTS

HRI RESEARCH
BY MILOS ROGLIC

GAMES FOR HEALTH

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ROLE
TOOLS
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YEAR

ICEF - Innovation Center from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering
Lead Game and Web App Developer, and Graphic Designer
Flash, Processing, Kinect, JavaScript, PHP, Illustrator
igromdozdravlja.rs
2015

TECH STORY

Series of educational and movement-based Kinect games for children with gross motor skill difficulties, ADHD and dyslexia, and specifically those on the autism spectrum. Alongside the games, a web application was also developed to track the progress of the children. It is used by parents and physiatrists who work with children. The software is free to use.

MY ROLE

Brainstorming ideas with physiatrists
Game development, including custom physics and mechanics
Graphical design and motion graphics
Pose and gesture detection
Ccustom 2D rigging and animation of characters
Frontend and backend development for data analytics and visualization

BEHIND THE TECH

Unfortunately, during this project, my father suffered a stroke, which left his left side almost completely paralyzed. I modified the game for his needs so he could practice constrained sets of movements. He was quite persistent as an engineer, and played it daily. We lived in different cities, so it was also a time for us to connect over the camera, where I could encourage and cheer him on.

I also developed several small apps tailored to his specific needs, like a simplified mobile app for calls, web-based reading app that would convert text to a scrolling line with adjustable speed, and a movement-based musical instrument (described in the “Responsive Space” project under the “Body As Instrument” section).

TESTING AT

FASPER, Faculty of Special Education and Rehabilitation
ABA treatment for children with autism in Serbia
Two primary schools for special education in Belgrade

RESEARCH PAPERS

M. Roglić, V. Bobić, M. Djurić-Jovičić, M. Djordjević, N. Dragašević and B. Nikolić, "Serious gaming based on Kinect technology for autistic children in Serbia," 2016 13th Symposium on Neural Networks and Applications (NEUREL), Belgrade, Serbia, 2016, pp. 1-4, doi.org/10.1109/NEUREL.2016.7800105.
Vukićević, S., Đorđević, M., Glumbić, N., Bogdanović, Z., & Đurić Jovičić, M. (2019). A Demonstration Project for the Utility of Kinect-Based Educational Games to Benefit Motor Skills of Children with ASD. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 126(6), 1117-1144, doi.org/10.1177/0031512519867521.
Djordjevic Mirjana & Roglić Miloš & Djuric-Jovicic Milica & Nikolić Olivera & Nikolić Boško. (2015). KINEKT IGRE ZA OSOBE SA POREMEĆAJEM AUTISTIČKOG SPEKTRA – PRIKAZ APLIKACIJE. 10.13140/RG.2.2.20243.48166, doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.20243.48166.
A. Kartali, M. Roglić, M. Barjaktarović, M. Đurić-Jovičić and M. M. Janković, "Real-time Algorithms for Facial Emotion Recognition: A Comparison of Different Approaches," 2018 14th Symposium on Neural Networks and Applications (NEUREL), Belgrade, Serbia, 2018, pp. 1-4, doi.org/10.1109/NEUREL.2018.8587011.

PRESENTED AT

59th International Technical Fair, Belgrade, May 2015
NETSA Conference (Networking, Sciеnce and Application, Faculty of Business, Singidunum University, Valjevo), May 2015
System for interactive treatment and evaluation of children with autism, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade, July 2015

PRESS

First Serbian software for children with autism [Blic link]
Serbian software big help for kids with autism [RTS link]

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