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cArVATAR: A Novel Remote Control for Toy Cars

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Shachar Geiger,

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TEI '15: Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction

Pages 363 - 366

https://doi.org/10.1145/2677199.2680589

Published: 15 January 2015 Publication History

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We describe a novel controller for a remote controlled (R/C) car. The controller is a small car-shaped toy which is used for controlling the larger toy car. In this avatar-inspired relationship between controller and controlled, operations performed on the small car are implemented by the larger car. The cArVATAR addresses limitations of the traditional R/C, and is proposed as an alternative allowing younger children to use R/C toys. Details of the prototype and observations from an exploratory study performed with five children aged 6 to 7 are presented, and possible applications to other products and domains are discussed.

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cArVATAR: A Novel Remote Control for Toy Cars
1. Computer systems organization
  1. Embedded and cyber-physical systems
    1. Robotics
      1. External interfaces for robotics
2. Human-centered computing
  1. Interaction design
    1. Interaction design process and methods
      1. User centered design

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TEI '15: Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction

January 2015

766 pages

ISBN:9781450333054

DOI:10.1145/2677199

Conference Chairs:
Bill Verplank
Stanford University, USA
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Wendy Ju
Stanford University, USA
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Alissa Antle
Simon Fraser University, Canada
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Ali Mazalek
Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
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Florian "Floyd" Mueller
RMIT, Australia

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