Mazi: Tangible Technologies as a Channel for Collaborative Play

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Nonnis, Antonella and Bryan-Kinns, Nick (2019) Mazi: Tangible Technologies as a Channel for Collaborative Play. In: CHI '19: Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Association for Computing Machinery. ISBN 978-1-4503-5970-2

Mazi: Tangible Technologies as a Channel for Collaborative Play (1MB)

Type of Research:	Book Section
Creators:	Nonnis, Antonella and Bryan-Kinns, Nick
Description:	This paper investigates how haptic and auditory stimulation can be playfully implemented as an accessible and stimulating form of interaction for children. We present the design of Mazi, a sonic Tangible User Interface (TUI) designed to encourage spontaneous and collaborative play between children with high support needs autism. We report on a five week study of Mazi with five children aged between 6 and 9 years old at a Special Education Needs (SEN) school in London, UK. We found that collaborative play emerged from the interaction with the system especially in regards to socialization and engagement. Our study contributes to exploring the potential of user-centered TUI development as a channel to facilitate social interaction while providing sensory regulation for children with SENs.
Official Website:	https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3290605.3300670?cid=99659365252
Publisher/Broadcaster/Company:	Association for Computing Machinery
Your affiliations with UAL:	Colleges > London College of Communication
Date:	2 May 2019
Funders:	EP/L01632X/1
Digital Object Identifier:	10.1145/3290605.3300670
Related Websites:	Organisation
Event Location:	Glasgow
Date Deposited:	17 Oct 2024 15:22
Last Modified:	17 Oct 2024 15:31
Item ID:	22757
URI:	https://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/id/eprint/22757

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