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ACMACE
2009
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
Funbrella: recording and replaying vibrations through an umbrella axis
We propose an umbrella-like device called Funbrella that entertains people with many types of rain by focusing on an umbrella as a user interface that connects humans and rain. Ge...
Kazuyuki Fujita, Yuichi Itoh, Ai Yoshida, Maya Oza...
ACMACE
2009
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
The Bronco: a proof-of-concept adaptive fairground ride
This paper presents a proof-of-concept for a novel design of fairground ride, which has been developed as part of an ongoing exploration into the use of wearable bio-sensing to en...
Stefan Rennick Egglestone, Joe Marshall, Brendan W...
ACMACE
2009
ACM
14 years 2 months 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...
ACMACE
2009
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
Developing multiplayer pervasive games and networked interactive installations using ad hoc mobile sensor nets
We here present Fun in Numbers (FinN), a framework for developing pervasive applications and interactive installations for entertainment and educational purposes. Using ad hoc mob...
Orestis Akribopoulos, Marios Logaras, Nikos Vasila...
ACMACE
2009
ACM
14 years 1 months ago
Enhancing a motion capture interface by introducing context management
Nowadays, video games propose rich scenarios with movementsbased game play, through the manipulation of dedicated devices. The motivation of this study is the elaboration of a com...
Francois Picard, Pascal Estraillier