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Bowl: token-based media for children

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Einar Sneve Martinussen,

Timo ArnallAuthors Info & Claims

DUX '07: Proceedings of the 2007 conference on Designing for User eXperiences

Article No.: 17, Pages 3 - 16

https://doi.org/10.1145/1389908.1389930

Published: 05 November 2007 Publication History

Abstract

'Bowl' is a simple token-based media player designed as a self-contained interface for children between 2--4. The project focuses on the use of tangible interfaces for handling media in relevant physical and social contexts - in this case the home environment.

An initial investigation of containers leads to the consideration of bowls as interfaces for viewing, sharing and presenting media. Subsequent investigation of everyday objects leads to the use of toys and a range of familiar items as tokens with relationships to media. The resulting prototype and extensive user-testing shows strong relationships between playful activities and media consumption.

The project extends a rich history of previous work in token-based interfaces by implementing a long-term, iterative design and testing process in contextually relevant situations.

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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1517664.1517734
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Harfield AJormanainen IShujau HPaolini PGarzotto F(2009)First steps in distributed tangible technologiesProceedings of the 8th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children10.1145/1551788.1551822(178-181)Online publication date: 3-Jun-2009
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1551788.1551822
Martinussen EArnall TVillar NIzadi SFraser MBenford S(2009)Designing with RFIDProceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Tangible and Embedded Interaction10.1145/1517664.1517734(343-350)Online publication date: 16-Feb-2009
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