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The use of 360? videos has been increasing steadily in the 2010s, as content creators and users search for more immersive experiences. The freedom to choose where to look at during the video may hinder the overall experience instead of enhancing it, as there is no guarantee that the user will focus on relevant sections of the scene. Visual annotations superimposed on the video, such as text boxes or arrow icons, can help guide the user through the narrative of the video while maintaining freedom of movement. This paper presents a web-based immersive visualizer for 360? videos that contain dynamic media annotations, rendered in real-time. A set of annotations was created with the purpose of providing information or guiding the user to points of interest. The visualizer can be used with a computer, using a keyboard and mouse or HTC Vive, and in mobile devices with Cardboard VR headsets, to experience the video in virtual reality, which is made possible with the WebVR API. The visualizer was evaluated through usability tests, to analyze the impact of different annotation techniques on the users’ experience. The obtained results demonstrate that annotations can assist in guiding the user during the video, and a careful design is imperative so that they are not intrusive and distracting for the viewers. © 2018 Copyright held by the owner/author(s).

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This article presents a medical simulation solution. This solution allows a physician to train a clinical scenario by interacting with a graphical interface. The aim is to instigate the learning and internalization of clinical procedures. Currently these resources have been intensifying in the most diverse areas, being our focus, Medicine. Within this area, the focus is on medical simulation. There are numerous biomedical simulation centers, whose main objective is to create realistic simulations to aid health professionals. Thus, it is intended to optimize its performance, to meet the needs detected and to anticipate unexpected situations (critical or complex events). However, current simulation systems face some limitations, since they have enough difficulties in the development of new scenarios, since they are restricted to the level of modularity and the number of simulated situations. The training of these professionals is limited to simulation centers. The goal is to create a platform to simulate real scenarios and develop serious games that simulate various clinical situations, in order to facilitate access to this type of training and training.

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Location-based games require, among other things, obtaining or computing information regarding the players' physical activity and real-world context. Additionally, ensuring that the players are assigned challenges that are adequate and safe for the current context (both physical and spatial) is also important, as it can improve both the gaming experience and the outcomes of the exercise. However, the impact adaptivity has in the specific case of location-based exergames still has not been researched in depth. In this paper, we present a location-based exergame capable of adapting its mechanics to the current context. © 2017 IEEE.