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Textile Game Controllers: Exploring Affordances of E-Textile Techniques as Applied to Alternative Game Controllers

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Emma Westecott,

Izzie Colpitts-Campbell,

Jennie Robinson Faber,

Chris Luginbuhl,

Manisha LaroiaAuthors Info & Claims

TEI '21: Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction

Article No.: 93, Pages 1 - 14

https://doi.org/10.1145/3430524.3446069

Published: 14 February 2021 Publication History

Abstract

Invested in increasing access to computational literacy, this paper explores the development of a series of free public workshops in partnership with an equity-seeking group. These workshops cover e-textile techniques that lend themselves to making alternative game controllers leading up to a concept-led game jam. We use research creation approaches to prioritize creative exploration within a community group for marginalized makers. The goal of the research is to explore and elucidate the overlap between e-textiles and experimental game making. We discuss our playful use of workshops as research method to iterate on the embodied experience of making on behalf of our participants. Our contribution maps the connections between workshop design and development, learning materials generated, through to application within an online game jam setting.

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Index Terms

Textile Game Controllers: Exploring Affordances of E-Textile Techniques as Applied to Alternative Game Controllers
1. Applied computing
  1. Computers in other domains
    1. Personal computers and PC applications
2. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)

Index terms have been assigned to the content through auto-classification.

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TEI '21: Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction

February 2021

908 pages

ISBN:9781450382137

DOI:10.1145/3430524

Editor:
Raphael Wimmer
University of Regensburg, Germany
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University of Art and Design Linz, Austria
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University of Salzburg, Austria
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Katrin Wolf
Beuth University of Applied Sciences, Berlin, Germany
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UNIST, Ulsan, Republic of Korea

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Jones LNousir AChen RLiu ADonovan MWallace ENabil S(2023)Making From Home: Reflections on Crafting Tangible Interfaces for Stay-at-home LivingProceedings of the Seventeenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction10.1145/3569009.3572744(1-16)Online publication date: 26-Feb-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3569009.3572744
Gyory PBae SYang RDo EZheng C(2023)Marking Material Interactions with Computer VisionProceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3544548.3580643(1-17)Online publication date: 19-Apr-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3544548.3580643
Yamada Y(2022)Textile Materials for Wireless Energy HarvestingElectronic Materials10.3390/electronicmat30400263:4(301-331)Online publication date: 8-Oct-2022
https://doi.org/10.3390/electronicmat3040026
Chen ACo D(2022)Workshops in TEI: Development, Evaluation, Exploration, and ImplementationProceedings of the Sixteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction10.1145/3490149.3505562(1-9)Online publication date: 13-Feb-2022
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3490149.3505562

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