Using an emergent system concept in designing interactive games for autistic children

Proceedings of the 6th international Conference on Interaction Design And Children, IDC 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 73-76

  Barakova, Emilia ^a   Van Wanrooij, Gilles ^a   Van Limpt, Ruben ^a   Menting, Marnick ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autism; Emergent behavior; Interactive games; Social interaction

Indexed keywords

FEATURE EXTRACTION; SOFTWARE DESIGN; SOFTWARE TESTING; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; USER INTERFACES;

AUTISTIC CHILDREN; EMERGENT BEHAVIOR; INTERACTIVE GAMES; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 41149147171     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1297277.1297291     Document Type: Conference Paper

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