Boccia is a precision ball sport, similar to bocce, and related to bowls and pétanque. The name "boccia" is derived from the Latin word for "boss" – bottia.
Boccia is a Paralympic sport for athletes with cerebral palsy and certain other conditions, such as muscular dystrophy, that cause impairments similar to cerebral palsy. Boccia balls are either thrown or rolled down the court using an assistive device, i.e. a ramp. The balls are filled with ...
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Boccia is a simple precision ball sport that is easily adaptable for individuals with physical limitations, which makes it a perfectly good game for this circumstance. The present paper proposes a ball-detection based system for monitoring the Boccia court, compute the current game score and ...
BocciaSimulatorRealisticSerious gamesGamesRehabilitationGame engineMultimodal interfaceHealth informaticsOver the last decades, Serious Games have gained increased importance, mainly due to the evolution and expansion of video games and its application in multiple areas. Integration in the world of sport...