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Play and placemaking in urban art environments

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MAB '16: Proceedings of the 3rd Media Architecture Biennale Conference

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https://doi.org/10.1145/2946803.2946805

Published: 01 June 2016 Publication History

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Links between play, placemaking and public space are explored in the design and development of 'urban art environments'. This approach to media architecture is articulated via examples of interaction design in recent urban art projects.

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Play and placemaking in urban art environments
1. Applied computing
  1. Arts and humanities
    1. Media arts
2. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction paradigms
      1. Mixed / augmented reality

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MAB '16: Proceedings of the 3rd Media Architecture Biennale Conference

June 2016

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ISBN:9781450347495

DOI:10.1145/2946803

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