Playful User Interfaces Interfaces that Invite Social and Physical Interaction /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Nijholt, Anton (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Gaming Media and Social Effects,
• Subjects: Engineering.; User interfaces (Computer systems).; Computer science > Mathematics.; Computer mathematics.; Computational intelligence.; Computational Intelligence.; User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction.; Mathematical Applications in Computer Science.

The book is about user interfaces to applications that have been designed for social and physical interaction. The interfaces are ‘playful’, that is, users feel challenged to engage in social and physical interaction because that will be fun. The topics that will be present in this book are interact...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Public Interfaces Requiring Full-Body Interaction
• Multiplayer Mobile Games
• Smart Ball Applications
• New Exertion Games
• Tabletop Interfaces for Children with Autism
• Tabletop Interfaces for Children’s Museum Visits
• Tangible Game Interfaces
• Child-Computer Interaction
• Interactive Playgrounds for Children
• Engagement in Playful Collective Interaction
• Head Up Games.