Building Artificial Life for Play

Artificial Life

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 99-112

  Dorin, Alan ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aibo; Android; Tamagotchi; Toy; Virtual pet

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ROBOTS; TOY MANUFACTURE;

AIBO; ANDROID; TAMAGOTCHI; TOYS; VIRTUAL PET;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; HUMAN; RECREATION;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; HUMANS; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS;

EID: 1542334429     PISSN: 10645462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/106454604322875931     Document Type: Article

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