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FishPong: encouraging human-to-human interaction in informal social environments

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CSCW '04: Proceedings of the 2004 ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work

Pages 374 - 377

https://doi.org/10.1145/1031607.1031669

Published: 06 November 2004 Publication History

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In this paper we introduce FishPong, an interactive system designed to stimulate informal computer-supported cooperative play (CSCP) in public spaces such as coffeehouses and cafés. FishPong consists of a tabletop tangible user interface (TUI) that allows users to control a fish-themed video game using magnetically tagged coffee cups. FishPong has been designed as an "icebreaker" technology to encourage spontaneous social interaction among coffeehouse patrons. This work serves as an example of how environments might be subtly and unobtrusively augmented in order to facilitate informal human-to-human interaction.

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FishPong: encouraging human-to-human interaction in informal social environments
1. Computing methodologies
  1. Computer graphics
    1. Animation
    2. Graphics systems and interfaces
      1. Virtual reality
  2. Modeling and simulation
    1. Simulation types and techniques
      1. Simulation by animation
2. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction paradigms
      1. Mixed / augmented reality
      2. Virtual reality

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DOI:10.1145/1031607

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