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Designing a sonic interactive open-ended playground installation
Marcon, Nicola (2018) Designing a sonic interactive open-ended playground installation.
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Abstract: | This work reports the implementation and evaluation of a playground installation which looks at sound as the modality that can provide new and engaging play experiences. The sound design is first tested in a lab setting and later on in a swedish preschool, with a particular focus on the stages of play (invitation, exploration, and immersion). 38 children between 2 and 6 years old participated in a field study that lasted for three days. Children’s engagement over time was quantified and field notes were taken during the whole evaluation. None of the children between 2 and 3 years old reached the immersion stage. On the other hand, children between 4 and 6 years old created their own rules showing parallel and collaborative play and, in some occasions, solitary play. The sound modality chosen proved to be effective to encourage children’s play in a first place. In a longer engagement perspective, the soundscape partly supported an immersive play. The results of this study show how the visual and auditory modalities can be effective in a open-ended interactive playground and report the limitations of this design. |
Item Type: | Essay (Master) |
Faculty: | EEMCS: Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science |
Subject: | 54 computer science |
Programme: | Interaction Technology MSc (60030) |
Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/76710 |
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