Do the blocks rock: A Tangible Interface for play and exploration

Proceedings of the 20th Australasian Conference on Computer-Human Interaction: Designing for Habitus and Habitat, OZCHI'08

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 188-194

  Feltham, Frank G ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Exploration and expression; Prototypes; Tangible interaction design; Thinking through action

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL MUSIC; EXPLORATION AND EXPRESSION; PROTOTYPES; TANGIBLE INTERACTION DESIGN; TANGIBLE INTERFACES; TANGIBLE USER INTERFACES; THINKING THROUGH ACTION; VISUAL MODEL;

ECOLOGY; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; OCEAN HABITATS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 70349145689     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1517744.1517807     Document Type: Conference Paper

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