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Lali: exploring a tangible interface for augmented play for preschoolers

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Hester Bruikman,

Annemiek van Drunen,

He Huang,

Vanessa VakiliAuthors Info & Claims

IDC '09: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children

Pages 174 - 177

https://doi.org/10.1145/1551788.1551821

Published: 03 June 2009 Publication History

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This paper outlines the exploration of a Tangible user interface for unstructured play, in which a physical plush toy is used to remotely control an augmented digital representation of itself. Preschool users were profiled and an initial prototype was built and evaluated using a co-discovery exploration. It was observed that the children enjoyed playing with the toy, and that the children over 2 years of age understood the remote coupling of the physical and digital representation.

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1. Applied computing
2. Hardware
  1. Integrated circuits
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IDC '09: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children

June 2009

347 pages

ISBN:9781605583952

DOI:10.1145/1551788

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