Current pervasive games are mostly location-aware applications, played on handheld
computing devices. Considering pervasive games for children, it is argued that the …

In recent years, many different studies regarding Co-located Augmented Play-spaces
(CAPs) have been published in a wide variety of conferences and journals. We present an …

Open-ended play with interactive objects provides children with the freedom to construct
their own rules, goals and meaning. Instead of games with strict rules, open-ended play …

Playing outdoors in nature with peers has been attributed most importance for children's
healthy development but is increasingly marginalized because of the attractiveness of …

An Intelligent Playground is an environment with interactive objects that, using advanced
technology such as sensors and actuators, react to the interaction with the children and …

Children's outdoor play is fluent and fluctuating, shaped by environmental features and
conditions. The article reports on a project where interaction designers and landscape …

Interactive playgrounds are spaces where players engage in collocated, playful activities, in
which added digital technology can be designed to promote cognitive, social, and motor …

There has been a dramatic growth in interactive technology use by children under the age of
5 during the past decade. Despite this growth, children under the age of 5 typically …

This paper reports the design of a pervasive game for children to demonstrate the design
vision of Head-Up games, a genre of pervasive games that puts outdoors play center stage …

The incipient research on interactive playgrounds is a promising field that can enhance in
many ways growth, health and education of children and youngsters. In this paper, we …