Extended Reality (XR) Engines for Developing Gamified Apps and Serious Games: A Scoping Review
Date
2023-11-27Author
Marin-Vega, Humberto
Alor-Hernández, Giner
Bustos Lopez, Maritza
Lopez-Martinez, Ignacio
Hernandez-Chaparro, Norma Leticia
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Extended Reality (XR) is an emerging technology that enables enhanced interaction between the real world and virtual environments. In this study, we conduct a scoping review of XR engines for developing gamified apps and serious games. Our study revolves around four aspects:(1) existing XR game engines, (2) their primary features, (3) supported serious game attributes, and (4) supported learning activities. We used the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and
Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) model to conduct the scoping review, which included 40 primary studies published between 2019 and 2023. Our findings help us understand how current XR engines support the development of XR-enriched serious games and gamified apps for specific learning activities. Additionally, based on our findings, we suggest a set of pre-established game attributes that could be commonly supported by all XR game engines across the different game categories proposed by
Lameras. Hence, this scoping review can help developers (1) select important game attributes for their new games and (2) choose the game engine that provides the most support to these attributes.
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extended realitygamification
mixed reality
serious games
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