CM&BHC develops products and media that are released publicly or privately for various venues and settings.
Projects that are in development for commercial release, student thesis projects, or applications that are currently used in an active research study are NOT listed here.
Please contact mgotsis@cinema.usc.edu for a demonstration of early prototypes, or for permission to distribute other works.
YouTube Playlist
Sneak Peek at Early Prototypes
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Brain Hero (2011) — A three minute game-inspired video about how actions taken by parents, teachers, policymakers, and others can affect life outcomes for both the child and the surrounding community. Also available in localized/translated versions (Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Canada and UK). Available free on YouTube, at the Alberta Family Wellness Website and installed in waiting areas of 20 hospitals and 145 medical clinics in Alberta.
Team: Nahil Sharkasi, Diane Tucker, Ying Sun, Amy Akmal, Psychic Bunny
Brain Architecture (2010-15) — A board game that helps communicate how brain development is affected by genes, environment and behavior. Played by over 11,000 with policy makers, health professionals and teachers in diverse settings, such as Early HeadStart teacher workshops, National Science Teacher’s Association workshops, Alberta Family Wellness Initiative events and students at the University of Southern California.
Team: Nahil Sharkasi, Diane Tucker, Ying Sun, Amy Akmal, Yasaman Hashemian
A Whole New World of Space (2010) — A two minute stereoscopic video about the importance of vision. Free on YouTube and installed at the MEPEDs study clinic in Alhabra, CA.
Team: Perry Hoberman, Hyunjung Rhee, Melissa Bouwman
Trainer (2010) — A camera-based fantasy game for exercise and nutrition for children 8-11. Winner of the Grand Prize by the USDA Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, Apps for Healthy Kids Competition, Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! Initiative, and the General Electric Healthymagination Student Award. This project emerged from a CTIN 492 course sponsored by Humana, Inc. and developed as a concept prototype for the competition. The free demo is available online.
Team: David Villatoro, Erin Reynolds, Tony Tseung, Rita Yeung, Joseph Kohn, Ross Danielson, Jamie Davis
Wellness Partners (2009) — An intergenerational socially networked physical activity diary prototype with game elements. This game was evaluated in a randomized study sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Team: Diana Hughes, Jamie Antonisse, William Graner, Helen Hua Wang, Heather Desurvire, Peter Preuss, Will Carter, Matteo Marjoram, Mindy Goto, Hyunjung Rhee, Sean Manning, Yang Liu, Dhaval Shah, Dheeraj Kota, Hari Kumar Rongali, Ala’ Diab, Liset Dondiego, Christine Lee, Natasha Williams, Stephanie Miller, Eric Hernandez, Mona Desai, Juan Camilo Gonzalez, Ritu Kavishwar, Bryan Jaycox, Wakefield Li, Teddy Diefenbach, Justin Lewis, Greg Lieberman, Jeremy Bernstein, Marrall Bagerdjian, Jeremy Gibson
