Serious Games Research Group
Research Interests
- Serious Games (games for training, learning, and educational purposes)
- Artificial Intelligence (AI search and machine learning algorithms)
- Immersive Technologies (including extended reality, virtual reality, eye-tracking technology)
Contact Information
Links
- Academic Game Conference Deadlines and Details
- GEARS Game and Research Project
- List of Researchers Active in Technical Games Research
- I am affiliated with the Centre for Applied AI at the University of Calgary
Richard in the News
- June 4, 2026: Video game helps neurodivergent students succeed, University of Calgary News.
- Dec 3, 2025: Do you trust artificial intelligence?, Alberta at Noon with host Kathleen Petty, CBC News Radio.
- Jan 21, 2025: What’s next for AI in 2025?, Global News Morning Calgary.
- Nov 13, 2024: Exploring the XR Open House Event, Innovate Calgary.
- Nov 2, 2022: Video games can be fun but can they also help our brains and health?, CBC Radio.
- Sep 26, 2022: 'Gamifying' university survival skills, CityNews.
- Oct 12, 2020 [Podcast]: Video Games, AI, and Why You Should Study Both, What the Tech?
Trivia
- According to The Mathematics Genealogy Project, I am a 16th-generation descendent of Isaac Newton.
Contact
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Serious Games Research Group: ICT 716
Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary
2500 University Drive NW
Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2N 1N4