Video playdate: Toward free play across distance

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 1251-1260

  Yarosh, Svetlana ^a   Inkpen, Kori M ^b   Brush, A J Bernheim ^b  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

children; cmc; free play; videoconferencing

Indexed keywords

CHILDREN; DESIGN TRADEOFF; EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION; FUTURE DESIGNS; INTERSUBJECTIVITY; PLAY ACROSS DISTANCE; VIDEO-MEDIATED COMMUNICATIONS;

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; IMAGE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

TELECONFERENCING;

EID: 77954023345     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1753326.1753514     Document Type: Conference Paper

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