ASC-Inclusion: Interactive Emotion Games for Social Inclusion of Children with Autism Spectrum Conditions

Autism Spectrum Conditions (ASC) are neurodevelopmental conditions, characterized by social communication difficulties and restricted and repetitive behaviour patterns. The ASC-Inclusion project aims to create and evaluate the effectiveness of an internet-based game platform, directed for children with ASC and those interested in their inclusion. The platform combines several state-of-the art technologies in one comprehensive virtual world, including analysis of users’ gestures, facial and vocal expressions using standard microphone and webcam, training through games, text communication with peers and smart agents, animation, video and audio clips. We present the progress in realising such a serious game platform and provide results for the different modalities.