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2007
13 years 9 months ago
A physical three-way interactive game based on table tennis
Physical leisure activities such as table tennis provide healthy exercise and can offer a means to connect with others socially; however, players have to be in the same physical l...
Florian Mueller, Martin R. Gibbs
CHI
1999
ACM
13 years 12 months ago
PingPongPlus: Design of an Athletic-Tangible Interface for Computer-Supported Cooperative Play
This paper introduces a novel interface for digitallyaugmented cooperative play. We present the concept of the "athletic-tangible interface," a new class of interaction ...
Hiroshi Ishii, Craig Wisneski, Julian Orbanes, Ben...
CHI
2008
ACM
14 years 8 months ago
Stirring up experience through movement in game play: effects on engagement and social behaviour
The recent development of controllers designed around natural body movements has altered the nature of gaming and contributed towards it being marketed as a more social activity. ...
James Le Couteur, Nadia Berthouze, Siân E. L...
CSCW
2004
ACM
13 years 7 months ago
CSCW at play: 'there' as a collaborative virtual environment
Video games are of increasing importance, both as a cultural phenomenon and as an application of collaborative technology. In particular, many recent online games feature persiste...
Barry Brown, Marek Bell
ACMACE
2009
ACM
14 years 10 days ago
Familiars: representing Facebook users' social behaviour through a reflective playful experience
In this paper, we describe the design and development of a social game called Familiars. Inspired by the daemons in Pullman’s “Dark Material” trilogy, Familiars are animal c...
Ben Kirman, Eva Ferrari, Shaun Lawson, Jonathan Fr...