Powerball: The design of a novel mixed-reality game for children with mixed abilities

Proceedings of: Interaction Design and Children 2005, IDC 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 32-39

  Brederode, Bas ^a,b   Markopoulos, Panos ^a   Gielen, Mathieu ^b   Vermeeren, Arnold ^b   De Ridder, Huib ^b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b FACULTY OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN ENGINEERING   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Augmented reality; GameDesign; Social gaming

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER GAME; DESIGN PROCESS; GAMEDESIGN; INTERACTION STYLES; LEARNING DISABILITIES; MIXED REALITY; SOCIAL GAMING; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS;

AUGMENTED REALITY; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; HANDICAPPED PERSONS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; VIRTUAL REALITY;

DESIGN;

EID: 34547971476     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1109540.1109545     Document Type: Conference Paper

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