New interactive physical–digital play technologies are sha** the way children play. These
technologies refer to digital play technologies that engage children in analogue (non-digital) …

Physical heritage objects and assets are related to a vast amount of digital information of
different kinds, which are challenging to be communicated to visitors in understandable and …

In this paper, we introduce the concept of phygital highlighting. Phygital actions, by their very
nature, are intertwined, simultaneously produced both physically and digitally, and may be …

In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in the use of robotic technology at
home. A number of service robots appeared on the market, supporting customers in the …

In recent years, there has been a growing interest towards the potential hybridisation of
digital and physical spaces, an emerging technology paradigm also known as “phygital” …

Among the most recent enabling technologies, Digital Twins (DTs) emerge as data-intensive
network-based computing solutions in multiple domains—from Industry 4.0 to Connected …

Mixed reality (MR) games refer to games that integrate physical entities with digitally
mediated contents. Currently, it entails game creators to integrate heterogeneous virtual and …

Play is a common activity providing not only pleasure but also physical and cognitive
development. In the quest for new playing experiences, there is an increasing tendency to …

The collaboration between humans and robots is one of the most disruptive and challenging
research areas. Even considering advances in design and artificial intelligence, humans …

This exploratory paper focuses on the technological development of the toy medium with an
interest in toys' capacity to mobilize homo ludens, the playing human. By conducting an …