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Electric agents: fostering sibling joint media engagement through interactive television and augmented reality

Authors:

Rafael Ballagas,

Thérèse E. Dugan,

Glenda Revelle,

Maria Sandberg,

Mirjana SpasojevicAuthors Info & Claims

CSCW '13: Proceedings of the 2013 conference on Computer supported cooperative work

Pages 225 - 236

https://doi.org/10.1145/2441776.2441803

Published: 23 February 2013 Publication History

Abstract

Electric Agents is a multi-player game that uses augmented reality on mobile phones to facilitate in-room collaboration and promote joint media engagement around interactive educational television content in the home. Joint media engagement describes 'collaborative' consumption of media and has potential learning benefits. Our research examines whether technology can support joint media engagement, through the use of a series of prototypes that combine handheld augmented reality with web-based video. In pilot testing, sibling play patterns showed evidence of the kind of in-room collaboration and joint media engagement that previous research has shown to facilitate children in making sense of media content.

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Electric agents: fostering sibling joint media engagement through interactive television and augmented reality
1. Applied computing
  1. Computers in other domains
    1. Personal computers and PC applications
2. Human-centered computing

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