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Video playdate: toward free play across distance

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Svetlana Yarosh,

Kori M. Inkpen,

A.J. Bernheim BrushAuthors Info & Claims

CHI '10: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Pages 1251 - 1260

https://doi.org/10.1145/1753326.1753514

Published: 10 April 2010 Publication History

Abstract

We present an empirical investigation of video-mediated free play between 13 pairs of friends (ages 7 and 8). The pairs spent 10 minutes playing with each of four different prototypes we developed to support free play over videoconferencing. We coded each interaction for the types of play and the amount of social play observed. The children in our study were largely successful in playing together across videoconferencing, though challenges in managing visibility, attention, and intersubjectivity made it more difficult than face-to-face play. We also found that our prototypes supported some types of play to varying degrees. Our contribution lies in identifying these design tradeoffs and providing directions for future design of video-mediated communication systems for children.

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Video playdate: toward free play across distance
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Collaborative and social computing
    1. Collaborative and social computing systems and tools
      1. Synchronous editors
2. Information systems
  1. Information systems applications
    1. Collaborative and social computing systems and tools
      1. Synchronous editors

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CHI '10: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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ISBN:9781605589299

DOI:10.1145/1753326

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Georgia Institute of Technology
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