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Inclusive Co-Design within a Three-Dimensional Game Environment

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IDC '16: Proceedings of the The 15th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children

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https://doi.org/10.1145/2930674.2930721

Published: 21 June 2016 Publication History

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Co-design research with children is a field that continues to find new ground and expand as it explores new, and more effective ways to design. As children become more enveloped in a world of technology and video games, it follows to leverage these kinds of experiences for use in our design toolbox. In addition, continuing to explore how to include a larger global audience through distributed co-design can advance the design process. The study presented in this paper serves as a preliminary exploration of virtual sandbox game environments as a co-design tool. Utilizing a design inclusive research approach, we discuss what led us to explore this environment as a co-design tool, how it evolved over time, and our success in using it to include those who could not attend in-person sessions.

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1. Software and its engineering
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