report simulator technology virtual life games

report simulator technology virtual life games

Create Video Game for girls to avoid early relations in

Scientists at the University of Central Florida (UFC) want to take the game to teach children not to have sex early.


With the growing problem of unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases, the University of Central Florida (UFC), United States, wants to take the host with video games among teenagers to educate and prevent sexually begin to have relationships early age.

"The game will feature special characters that can engage in real conversations with the girls, providing these powerful tools to avoid falling into sexual pressures and at the same time they can remain friends with your group without being labeled as outdated and the things like that, "said Anne Norris, professor of nursing and one of the collaborators of the project.

The game is in its design and use avatars who interact with teens in scenarios that simulate real situations, typical of children and are often the trigger for social pressures fall before starting their sexual life prematurely.

According to the professor, the game is a combination of artificial and human intelligence, because you can customize to the needs of each child or adolescent. If everything is digital and computerized, as currently existing games, our video game would make sense. " For best result, the game is being developed with college students in Orange County that have fed the process and brought new ideas to make this really take effect.

The game is expected to start operating in February 2011. No doubt this is a very good supply of video games to try to solve a problem that is very common for our continent.

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