Kingdom of the knights: Evaluation of a seamlessly augmented toy environment for playful learning

Proceedings of IDC 2009 - The 8th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 202-205

  Hinske, Steve ^a   Lampe, Matthias ^a   Price, Sara ^b   Yuill, Nicola ^c   Langheinrich, Marc ^d  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Augmented knights' castle; Augmented toys; Children; Playful learning; RFID technology; User study

Indexed keywords

CHILDREN'S TOYS; NEW OPPORTUNITIES; RFID TECHNOLOGY; SMALL GROUPS; UBIQUITOUS TECHNOLOGY; USER STUDY;

FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; STANDBY POWER SYSTEMS;

EDUCATION;

EID: 70450237892     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1551788.1551829     Document Type: Conference Paper

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