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World of Golf: a socially relevant simulation game

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Winslow Burleson,

Ashish AmreshAuthors Info & Claims

FnG '12: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Fun and Games

Pages 83 - 92

https://doi.org/10.1145/2367616.2367626

Published: 04 September 2012 Publication History

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Socially Relevant Simulation Games (SRSG), a new medium for social interaction, based on real-world skills and skill development, creates a single gaming framework that connects both serious and casual players. Through a detailed case study this paper presents a design process and framework for SRSG, in the context of mixed-reality golf swing simulations. The "World of Golf" SRSG utilizes a real-time expert system to capture, analyze, and evaluate golf swing metrics combining swing data with players' backgrounds, e.g., golf-handicaps, to form individual profiles. Simulation and assessment modules provide the serious player with tools to build golf skills while allowing casual players to engage within a simulated social world. A framework that incorporates simulated golf competitions among these social agents is presented and validated by comparing the usage statistics of 10 PGA Golf Management (PGM) students with 10 non-PGM students.

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World of Golf: a socially relevant simulation game
1. Computing methodologies
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    1. Machine learning approaches
      1. Stochastic games
2. Theory of computation
  1. Theory and algorithms for application domains
    1. Algorithmic game theory and mechanism design

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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3611035
Hao YKong M(2022)Economic effect of the golf simulation industry in Korea: an analysis based on the SVAR modelHumanities and Social Sciences Communications10.1057/s41599-022-01255-99:1Online publication date: 13-Jul-2022
https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-022-01255-9
Woźniak MDominiak JPieprzowski MŁadoński PGrudzień KLischke LRomanowski AWoźniak P(2020)Subtletee: Augmenting Posture Awareness for Beginner GolfersProceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction10.1145/34273324:ISS(1-24)Online publication date: 4-Nov-2020
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3427332

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