Stefanidi, Evropi;
Dominiak, Julia;
Bentvelzen, Marit;
Woźniak, Paweł W;
Schöning, Johannes;
Rogers, Yvonne;
Niess, Jasmin;
(2023)
MagiBricks: Fostering Intergenerational Connectedness in Distributed Play with Smart Toy Bricks.
In:
Proceedings of the 22nd Annual ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference.
(pp. pp. 239-252).
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Abstract
Playing together is crucial to the unique and invaluable bond between grandparents and grandchildren. However, co-located interactions and play can be limited due to time, distance, or pandemic-related restrictions. To facilitate distributed play, we developed MagiBricks, a system comprised of 3D-printed smart toy bricks and baseplates that provide feedback regarding their placement. The familiarity and appeal of toy bricks to both older adults and children make them ideal for intergenerational play. We conducted a within-subjects study with six grandparent-grandchildren pairs. We compared the interactions and perceived connectedness of the pairs while playing over a distance with either i) MagiBricks or ii) identical regular toy bricks. We found that MagiBricks affected communication dynamics, role taking, nature of play, and perception of connectedness during playtime compared to regular bricks, and were unanimously preferred. We contribute design implications for future systems leveraging (smart) tangibles and fostering intergenerational connectedness.
| Type: | Proceedings paper |
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| Title: | MagiBricks: Fostering Intergenerational Connectedness in Distributed Play with Smart Toy Bricks |
| Event: | IDC '23: Interaction Design and Children |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1145/3585088.3589390 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1145/3585088.3589390 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | CCI; smart toys; tangible; distributed play; connectedness; toy bricks; blocks; 3D printing |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Computer Science |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10173269 |
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