GameBus: Social Health Games
Free
4.5.2for iPhone, iPad and more
7.9
1 Ratings
Eindhoven University of Technology
Developer
21.1 MB
Size
Oct 24, 2020
Update Date
Health & Fitness
Category
4+
Age Rating
Age Rating
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About GameBus: Social Health Games
GameBus turns currently perceived duties regarding cognitive, physical and social activities into an enjoyable gaming experience.
The key idea is to let people play the different games they enjoy truly as an individual in such a way that they are part of an integrated social interaction. Among others, elderly are able to play their favorite brain training game (e.g., Sudoku) while joining forces with their younger peers that go out for a physical activity (e.g., walking, running, aerobics). According to age and activity type, players receive points on the leaderboards that they have subscribed to. Team members support each other to compete against other teams on global leaderboards. At the same time, local leaderboards facilitate some competition within a team.
Supported activity types:
1) Upon individual player consent, GameBus fetches data from existing sports apps such as Strava, Endomondo, Runkeeper, etc.
2) Additionally, sessions from cognitive games such as "Red Cherry", "Catch Fruit" and a variety of puzzles from http://www.griddlers.net/opengriddlers/ are synchronized automatically.
3) Finally, social selfies, face to face meetings, and other activity types can be registered manually from within the GameBus app.
Game players stimulate each other in order to achieve team goals, which favors their health directly. Implicitly, the game sessions will also counter social isolation and unconsciously vulnerable elderly will be monitored against cognitive decline too. Furthermore, GameBus generates rich, integrated data sets (related to cognitive, physical, and social activities) with big commercial and scientific potential. GameBus is intellectual property of Eindhoven University of Technology (TUE) and brought to the market by http://synergetics.nl, aiming at fair and ethical value exchange of all personal data.
Any use of the GameBus app is subject to the latest terms of use, which are available at:
http://is.ieis.tue.nl/research/hc/gamebus/Terms.pdf and http://is.ieis.tue.nl/research/hc/gamebus/Terms.txt.
The key idea is to let people play the different games they enjoy truly as an individual in such a way that they are part of an integrated social interaction. Among others, elderly are able to play their favorite brain training game (e.g., Sudoku) while joining forces with their younger peers that go out for a physical activity (e.g., walking, running, aerobics). According to age and activity type, players receive points on the leaderboards that they have subscribed to. Team members support each other to compete against other teams on global leaderboards. At the same time, local leaderboards facilitate some competition within a team.
Supported activity types:
1) Upon individual player consent, GameBus fetches data from existing sports apps such as Strava, Endomondo, Runkeeper, etc.
2) Additionally, sessions from cognitive games such as "Red Cherry", "Catch Fruit" and a variety of puzzles from http://www.griddlers.net/opengriddlers/ are synchronized automatically.
3) Finally, social selfies, face to face meetings, and other activity types can be registered manually from within the GameBus app.
Game players stimulate each other in order to achieve team goals, which favors their health directly. Implicitly, the game sessions will also counter social isolation and unconsciously vulnerable elderly will be monitored against cognitive decline too. Furthermore, GameBus generates rich, integrated data sets (related to cognitive, physical, and social activities) with big commercial and scientific potential. GameBus is intellectual property of Eindhoven University of Technology (TUE) and brought to the market by http://synergetics.nl, aiming at fair and ethical value exchange of all personal data.
Any use of the GameBus app is subject to the latest terms of use, which are available at:
http://is.ieis.tue.nl/research/hc/gamebus/Terms.pdf and http://is.ieis.tue.nl/research/hc/gamebus/Terms.txt.
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What's New in the Latest Version 4.5.2
Last updated on Oct 24, 2020
Old Versions
Added features to create and test new provider integrations.
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Version History
4.5.2
Oct 24, 2020
Added features to create and test new provider integrations.
4.4.0
Nov 5, 2019
Added filters for the newsfeed view and for the activities view: these filters enable GameBus users to hide those activity types that are irrelevant to the user's current interest.
4.3.0
Oct 21, 2019
Bug fixes and an improved user experience of the activity feed by reducing the number of activity types.
4.2.0
Oct 9, 2019
Stability updates.
4.0.1
Oct 7, 2019
Added app usage tutorials and video upload feature. We are constantly working to make GameBus even more fun!
3.4.5
Sep 5, 2018
Bug fixes and minor improvements. We are constantly working to make GameBus even more fun!
3.4.1
Jul 24, 2018
Bug fixes and minor improvements. We are constantly working to make GameBus even more fun!
3.0.1
May 4, 2018
Updated the artwork and screen shots for the Apple App Store.
3.0.0
May 2, 2018
Complete revision of the GameBus application! Welcome to GameBus 2018!
1.3.4
May 22, 2017
Fix problem with cache
1.3.3
Apr 13, 2017
Fix visual bugs
1.3.2
Mar 14, 2017
-Fix visual bug
1.3.0
Mar 6, 2017
- Enable leader to create activities
- Improvement design
- New special roles
- Activity level support and comments
- Edit activities
- Connection with twitter
- Fixed minor bugs
- Improvement design
- New special roles
- Activity level support and comments
- Edit activities
- Connection with twitter
- Fixed minor bugs
1.2.6
Nov 29, 2016
- Improved activities properties
- Improved challenge logic
- Fixed minor bugs
- Improved challenge logic
- Fixed minor bugs
1.2.2
Oct 22, 2016
- Added new activities properties
- Improved activities properties
- Improved challenge logic
- Reading activities by QR code
- Improved activities properties
- Improved challenge logic
- Reading activities by QR code
1.2.1
Sep 21, 2016
- Fixing of bugs in layout
- Improved activities properties
- Improved activities properties
1.1.3
Aug 24, 2016
– push notifications
– terms of use available in the application
– email verification
– reset password
– data caching (some screens available offline)
– integration with Moves and Runkeeper
– terms of use available in the application
– email verification
– reset password
– data caching (some screens available offline)
– integration with Moves and Runkeeper
1.0.6
Jun 24, 2016
Fixed Facebook login.
1.0
Jun 4, 2016
GameBus: Social Health Games FAQ
Click here to learn how to download GameBus: Social Health Games in restricted country or region.
Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of GameBus: Social Health Games.
iPhone
Requires iOS 11.0 or later.
iPad
Requires iPadOS 11.0 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 11.0 or later.
GameBus: Social Health Games supports English
