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  • Sandtime: A Tangible Interaction Featured Gaming Installation to Encourage Social Interaction Among Children

Yang, Chu Lin and Wang, Stephen, 2017, Book Section, Sandtime: A Tangible Interaction Featured Gaming Installation to Encourage Social Interaction Among Children In: Brooks, A and Brooks, E., (eds.) Interactivity, Game Creation, Design, Learning, and Innovation. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, 196 . Springer, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 137-144. ISBN 978-3-319-55833-2

Abstract or Description:

From the study of social-interaction enhanced gaming design, aimed at providing a public environment which supports tangible & social interactions among children, we designed Sandtime. Sandtime is a public installation designed to encourage such interaction. Using the Tangible Interaction Design approach, this gaming installation features collaborative play and social interactions under public context, where children can collaboratively interact with the virtual in-screen characters by manipulating physical objects. This design is based on the study of how interactive gaming facilities can help to ease anxiety and enhance social interactions among children. In this paper, we want to continue this line of research by exploring further the elements that can enhance such interaction experience. This paper focuses specifically on sensory play and how it can help to facilitate social interaction.

Official URL: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-31...
Subjects: Creative Arts and Design > W200 Design studies > W280 Interactive and Electronic Design
School or Centre: School of Design
Identification Number or DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55834-9_16
Date Deposited: 24 Dec 2017 11:24
Last Modified: 09 Nov 2018 14:30
URI: https://researchonline.rca.ac.uk/id/eprint/3087
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