Tangible user interfaces for children

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 2051-2052

  Revelle, Glenda ^a   Zuckerman, Oren ^b   Druin, Allison ^c   Bolas, Mark ^d  

^a Sesame Workshop   (United States)

^b MIT MEDIA LAB   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Design; Play; Tangible; Toys; User interface

Indexed keywords

CHILDREN; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES; INTERACTIVITY; PHYSICAL OBJECTS; PLAY; TANGIBLE; TANGIBLE INTERFACES; TANGIBLE USER INTERFACES; TOYS; YOUNG CHILDREN;

DESIGN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; HUMAN ENGINEERING;

USER INTERFACES;

EID: 80455161810     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1056808.1057095     Document Type: Conference Paper

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