User interfaces for tangible characters: Can children connect remotely through toy perspectives?

Proceedings of IDC2010: The 9th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 69-78

  Freed, Natalie ^a   Burleson, Winslow ^a   Raffle, Hayes ^b   Ballagas, Rafael ^b   Newman, Naomi ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Doll computer interfaces; Remote play; Storytelling; Tangible interfaces

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNEL; COMMUNICATION STRATEGY; COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; COMPUTER INTERFACES; DESIGN DECISIONS; FLEXIBLE INTERFACES; FRAMES OF REFERENCE; MULTIMODAL COMMUNICATIONS; NOVEL CONCEPT; REMOTE COMMUNICATION; TANGIBLE INTERFACES;

DESIGN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; USER INTERFACES;

COMMUNICATION;

EID: 77954908695     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1810543.1810552     Document Type: Conference Paper

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