A low-cost infrastructure for tabletop games

Tabletop games provide an intimate gaming experience where groups of friends can interact in a shared space using shared physical props. Digital tabletop games show great promise in bringing this experience to video game players. However the cost of developing tabletop games is high due to the need for expensive hardware and complex software. In this paper, we introduce EquisFTIR, a low-cost hardware and software infrastructure for digital tabletop gaming. We illustrate the infrastructure through Asterocks, a novel tabletop game. Categories and Subject Descriptors H.5.2 [Information Interfaces and Presentation]: User Interfaces--Input devices and strategies General Terms Human Factors Keywords Computer games, tabletop games, FTIR, frustrated total internal reflection

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2008
• Where: FPLAY
• Authors: Christopher Wolfe, J. David Smith, T. C. Nicholas Graham
• Keywords: Computer Graphics, Digital Tabletop, Digital Tabletop Games, FPLAY 2008, Tabletop Games