Aalto Games Research

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Aalto Games Research Asst. Prof. Perttu Hämäläinen Dept. of Computer Science (SCI) Dept. of Media (ARTS) Professorship: Computer games Video Showreel: http:// urly.fi/xqF

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Aalto Games Research

Asst. Prof. Perttu HämäläinenDept. of Computer Science (SCI)Dept. of Media (ARTS)Professorship: Computer games

Video Showreel:http://urly.fi/xqF

Research themes• Gameplay innovation through technical innovation. • Novel creativity tools to save time and create fresh

aesthetic. • All things human movement: exergames, animation,

computer vision

Mission

• Improve health through motivating physical activity• Create new mixed reality sports, and extend the

audience of existing sports (e.g., diversified challenges)

Cross-disciplinarity

• Computer vision and sensors• Bodily human-computer interaction (HCI)• Perception and action in virtual environments• Sport and exercise psychology• Procedural character animation (”motion AI”)

Images from motion AI paper presented at SIGGRAPH 2015

Where do we publish?

• ACM CHI, CHI PLAY, ACM SIGGRAPH, Transactions on Graphics, International Journal of Computer Science in Sports (IJCSS), Sports Technology...

• Research approach: create technology and experimental research games, use the games as research instruments

• Contributions in the form of – New algorithms, interfaces, interaction design approaches– Player experience data, design guidelines and insights

Let’s collaborate if you’re interested in

• Sports technology & motor learning • HCI, bodily interaction• Animation• Machine learning with movement or games-related datasets

(motion data, optimal control trajectories, physics simulation results, player behavior...)

• Finding game applications for your novel technologies

[email protected]://perttu.infohttp://urly.fi/xqF (YouTube showreel)