Quality of physical activity of children in exergames: sequential body movement analysis and its implications for interaction design

M Castañer, O Camerino, P Landry, N Pares - International Journal of …, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Exergames are videogames based on full-body interaction that foster physical exercise
during gameplay. Much research has focused on whether exergames foster sufficient …

[HTML][HTML] Playing with invisible animals: An interactive system of floor-projected footprints to encourage children's imagination

K Moriya, T Iio, Y Shingai, T Morita, F Kusunoki… - International Journal of …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Playing is essential for a child's development, and it has various positive effects. In
particular, playing with toys enhances children's imagination. In recent years, children have …

Fostering body movement in children through an exertion interface as an educational tool

M Castañer, O Camerino, N Parés, P Landry - Procedia-Social and …, 2011‏ - Elsevier
We present an exertion interface called the Interactive Slide (Soler, Ferrer, Parés, 2009), a
large inflatable slide augmented with virtual reality technology that offers the possibility to …

Impact of embodied interaction on learning processes: design and analysis of an educational application based on physical activity

L Malinverni, BL Silva, N Parés - … of the 11th international conference on …, 2012‏ - dl.acm.org
There is a growing interest in learning studies about the use of interaction models that
involve sensorimotor activities and affordances within an educational experience. This …

Play it our way: customization of game rules in children's interactive outdoor games

T Avontuur, R De Jong, E Brink, Y Florack… - Proceedings of the …, 2014‏ - dl.acm.org
In traditional outdoor games, such as tag and hideandseek, children play in groups, and
typically changes to the rules are negotiated fluidly, without disrupting the game flow. In …

A craft approach to health awareness in children

S Ananthanarayan, K Siek, M Eisenberg - Proceedings of the 2016 ACM …, 2016‏ - dl.acm.org
Children in the USA are increasingly at risk for a vast array of health problems due to poor
dietary habits and lack of physical activity. In recent years, a burgeoning landscape of …

A Review of Design Interventions for Promoting Adolescents' Physical Activity

Y Ma, A Veldhuis, T Bekker, J Hu, S Vos - Proceedings of the 18th ACM …, 2019‏ - dl.acm.org
Participating in physical activity (PA) is beneficial for adolescents' physical and mental
development. Therefore, many studies have been conducted to design and evaluate …

Play—An essential part of children's lives and their computational empowerment

R Tikkanen, N Iivari, P Paananen - Frontiers in Education, 2023‏ - frontiersin.org
This article addresses the computational empowerment of children, with an emphasis on the
importance of play in realizing it. Although play has been brought up as central for children …

Design of an interactive playground based on traditional children's play

D Tetteroo, D Reidsma, B Van Dijk, A Nijholt - Intelligent Technologies for …, 2012‏ - Springer
This paper presents a novel method for interactive playground design, based on traditional
children's play. This method combines the rich interaction possibilities of computer games …

Remote interspecies interactions: Improving humans and animals' wellbeing through mobile playful spaces

P Pons, A Carrion-Plaza, J Jaen - Pervasive and Mobile Computing, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Play is an essential activity for both humans and animals as it provides stimulation and
favors cognitive, physical and social development. This paper proposes a novel pervasive …