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Pendaphonics: an engaging tangible pendulum-based sonic interaction experience

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Anne-Marie Skriver Hansen,

Dan Overholt,

Winslow Burleson,

Camilla Nørgaard Jensen,

Byron Lahey,

Kasia MuldnerAuthors Info & Claims

IDC '09: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children

Pages 286 - 288

https://doi.org/10.1145/1551788.1551859

Published: 03 June 2009 Publication History

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Pendaphonics is a tangible physical-digital-sonic environment and interactive system that motivates children and adults to be physically active and explorative. The development of this system presents a strategy for the design and evaluation of a low-cost, flexible, large scale tangible system that is engaging for children and adults alike. Pendaphonics has been installed in a public new media arts space, where over 200 people have interacted with it. Here, we describe Pendaphonics tangible interaction scenarios, including the broad potential of this system as a compositional and choreographic tool, an educational exhibit, and as an interface that facilitates playful interaction, exploration, discovery and creativity.

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Pendaphonics: an engaging tangible pendulum-based sonic interaction experience
1. Applied computing
  1. Arts and humanities
    1. Sound and music computing
  2. Enterprise computing
2. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction paradigms
    2. Interactive systems and tools

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IDC '09: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children

June 2009

347 pages

ISBN:9781605583952

DOI:10.1145/1551788

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