Infected Japonia

Abstract

This research introduce a new serious game of infectious diseases, “Infected Japonia”. This game is baesd on SIR model of infectious diseases and adopt virtual reality to afford the player not only a chance to enjoy an intrinsic entertainment but also an opportunity to learn technical knowledge and to try a strategic simulation. In the game, the player acts as a doctor and move on the stage with multi-agents to converge the prevalence of infectious diseases. The movement and the administration can be interactively operated with the player’s keyboard. In addition to that, the player can check the current situation by indices in four types of windows. In the future, the public release is planed for improving the awareness of serious games in Japan.