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AuthorHafidh, Basim
AuthorAl Osman, Hussein
AuthorKarime, Ali
AuthorAlja'am, Jihad Mohamad
AuthorEl Saddik, Abdulmotaleb
Available date2024-03-20T01:55:07Z
Publication Date2014
Publication NameMultimedia Tools and Applications
ResourceScopus
ISSN13807501
URIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11042-013-1459-z
URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/53254
AbstractOne common concern with video games today is the lack of physical activity they demand from the user. The design of games and tangible user interfaces (TUIs) that stimulate players and engage them into fun exercising activities is starting to attract the attention of many researchers and companies. This paper presents the software and hardware design and development of a TUI intended for exercise-based games targeted mostly towards children. The proposed TUI, SmartPads, can be constructed using elemental building blocks (pads) into numerous shapes. The pads-which are individually controlled by microcontrollers-are mapped onto a computer screen in real-time. A user interacts with the TUI by stepping on the pads. To evaluate the functionality and efficiency of the TUI, we developed three games in the field of exergaming. The games also have an educational value and are integrated with multimedia output modalities to enrich children's playing experience.
SponsorAcknowledgement This work is funded by a grant from the Qatar National Research Fund NPRP 09 - 052 - 5 - 003. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the QNRF.
Languageen
PublisherKluwer Academic Publishers
SubjectDynamic TUIs
Exergaming
Tangible user interface
TitleSmartPads: A plug-N-play configurable tangible user interface
TypeArticle
Pagination1507-1530
Issue Number2
Volume Number72


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