This game prototype, entitled Face-off in the Magic Circle, demonstrates an underused and engaging application of physical interfaces for digital games. The game pairs a gestural interface together with a minimally graphical game in order to coax ...

"Poetry Mix-up" revitalizes aesthetic sensibilities evoked from poetry in our contemporary culture. It provides users with an enjoyable experience of creating a 'remixed' poetry by simply sending cell phone SMS or micro-blogging on Twitter. The system ...

With human's infinite creativity, technology innovations are born in this world at an unprecedented rate. The rapid technology development has resulted in a fast-paced and complex life. Moreover, a dilemma is posed as people tend to fall into confusion ...

Headbang Hero is a music/dance videogame for testing and improving your prowess at "headbanging". The player wears a wireless motion-sensing wig and is awarded points for her personal choreography as she shakes her head to the sound of a heavy-metal ...

New Game technologies can support the learning process of user within a Cultural Heritage site. The level of realism is ideal to visualize cultural heritage if a strong focus on the environment's atmosphere and immersion is required. Moreover this is ...

Opening the drawers of "Box of Four Seasons", you could enjoy nature and culture in Japan. Nature and culture of each season are stowed away into each drawer, and awake vividly with AR technology. You could find a joy of living with culture nurtured in ...

FeelSound is a multi-user, multi-touch application that aims to collaboratively compose, in an entertaining way, acoustic music. Simultaneous input by each of up to four users enables collaborative composing. This process as well as the resulting music ...

Recently, several Augmented Reality (AR) Systems have been proposed [Yoshida et al. 2008]. We developed a new system which is a combination of a "trompe-l'oeil" image and AR technology which allows a user to experience and enjoy multi-media content in ...

We present an interactive storytelling installation where the narrative unfolds through manipulation of real objects. In Noon - A Secret Told by Objects the spectator dons a special bracer to become an investigator, immersing herself in the storytelling ...

We present a concept of a fitness game that can be installed in public places and encourage passers-by to participate in a short play. The game is controlled by players' body motions and thus provokes physical exercises. Moreover, the game encourages ...

In this paper, we propose a system for intuitive control of robotic applications using a mediated interface module. The system includes some function modules such as sensing of movements, recognition of gestures, mapping into particular symbolic ...

The purpose of this poster is to discuss a description of a new music generation interface that combines the properties of a classic music reproduction game and a generative music game with the use of new interaction techniques to offer a visually and ...

This paper describes a 3D third person platform game developed using the XNA Game Studio. This 3D game was developed to allow a fresh and intuitive interaction based on player's natural movements, by using the Wii controller and its accelerometers. ...

"Yaminabe YAMMY" is an interactive hot pot which provides a new way of cooking and sharing our memories and feelings. The feelings extracted from the contents of an email, associated with a photo will be interpreted into different "spices" which will ...

TangiCube introduces bi-directional interactivity with a virtual agent in a tangible mixed reality environment. While the virtual agent interacts with the user, the user is able to react to the agent with the help of physical output modality. Likewise, ...

As social networking widely spreads among the community, especially among the younger generation, the negative influence created on children has become a serious social concern. "Petimo" is an interactive robotic toy designed to protect children from ...

Computer technology has become closely integrated with modern culture, which prompted us to introduce and explore the avenues of integrating aesthetics with technology. With the intention of promoting aesthetic sensibilities generated in poetry, we ...

In this paper we present a fully implemented gesture controlled geo wand providing POI spatial search as a interactive spatial 'Flashlight' running on a commercial mobile phone. Further this novel application allows users to create additional content ...

In this paper we present the design and exploratory evaluation of Molarcropolis, a mobile persuasive game to raise adolescents' oral health and dental hygiene awareness. The game uses strategies of persuasion to reach the aforementioned target behavior. ...

The endurance of the relationship between people and products is not based on functionality or price alone rather it is an entire experience that tenders pleasure, warmth, and 'fuzzies'. Usability, Cognitive and Sensorial Design theory researched in ...