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ACMACE
2009
ACM
13 years 12 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...
TEDU
2011
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13 years 8 days ago
Tangible Interfaces to Digital Connections, Centralized versus Decentralized
In the era of distributed digital media, technology is moving to the background and interoperability between devices increases. The handles for users to explore, make and break con...
Matthijs Kwak, Gerrit Niezen, Bram van der Vlist, ...
IUI
2005
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
Animating an interactive conversational character for an educational game system
Within the framework of the project NICE (Natural Interactive Communication for Edutainment) [2], we have been developing an educational and entertaining computer game that allows...
Andrea Corradini, Manish Mehta, Niels Ole Bernsen,...
ACMACE
2009
ACM
13 years 12 months ago
Power explorer: a casual game style for encouraging long term behavior change among teenagers
When it comes to motivating teenagers towards energy awareness, new approaches need to be considered. One such is the use of pervasive games connected to the players own energy co...
Anton Gustafsson, Magnus Bång, Mattias Svahn
ACMDIS
2000
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
Contextual Prototyping of User Interfaces
Contextual development differs from traditional user interface development in several ways: It focuses on the context of usage and the user population rather than on the technical...
Christian Stary