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Camping in the digital wilderness: tents and flashlights as interfaces to virtual worlds

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CHI EA '02: CHI '02 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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https://doi.org/10.1145/506443.506594

Published: 20 April 2002 Publication History

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A projection screen in the shape of a tent provides children with a shared immersive experience of a virtual world based on the metaphor of camping. RFID aerials at its entrances sense tagged children and objects as they enter and leave. Video tracking allows multiple flashlights to be used as pointing devices. The tent is an example of a traversable interface, designed for deployment in public spaces such as museums, galleries and classrooms.

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CHI EA '02: CHI '02 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

April 2002

488 pages

ISBN:1581134541

DOI:10.1145/506443

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Loren Terveen
AT&T Labs and University of Minnesota
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Microsoft

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