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During the first week of March, the CHARMING consortium attended the 3rd Network-Wide Event in Darmstadt, Germany, organized by the beneficiary Merck. This intense week, (and when I say intense, I mean it! We were busy for more than 55 ...

Digital games and VR for education is not just a hype. They promote learning-by-doing, critical thinking skills, decision-making skills, and the visualization of otherwise difficult to see environments. They also lead to ‘difficult-to-forget experiences’, hence promoting deep learning and longer retention.

Dragon Box 12+! An inspiration how to set up and design educational games for a young target group!

Last August, a couple of our CHARMING ESRs had the chance to attend Gamescom 2019, one of the biggest game events of the year. For me personally, as a noob in the game industry, this was a great opportunity to ...

Next Level Reality

The story, character design, environment/level design, sound & music, world building and game mechanics are the different layers of the storytelling onion.

The list tools which enable the creation of virtual reality learning experiences is growing. Engage is on this list and has the potential to help teachers begin experimenting with delivering lessons in VR. In late May and early June, a ...

Nature illustrates esoteric incidents in every second for the ones feeling curiosity inside their veins. Even without all those advanced tools that scientists have been using to investigate inquiries, you may still have a chance to satisfy your desire once you intuitively know how to observe.

CosmiClean: an educational game enabling players to be educated on recycling and sustainability in a fun and easy way. Developed by Lugus Studios in collaboration with KU Leuven and other partners of the GAMES project funded by EIT RawMaterials.

The inter-sectorial and interdisciplinary Charming ETN consists of leading universities and industry participants and trains 15 ESRs in the areas of innovative chemical engineering, instructional psychology & pedagogy, and immersive technology.