Weathergods: Tangible interaction in a digital tabletop game

Publication Type  Conference Paper
Year of Publication  2007
Authors  Bakker, S.; Vorstenbosch, D.; Van Den Hoven, E.; Hollemans, G.; Bergman, T.
Conference Name  TEI'07: First International Conference on Tangible and Embedded Interaction
Pagination  151-152
Key Words  Digital tabletop gaming; Interaction design; Pervasive games; Tangible interaction; Tangible user interfaces
Abstract  

In this paper we describe the game 'Weathergods', which is implemented on the Entertaible tabletop gaming platform [1]. The game uses either iconic or symbolic [2] tangible objects for interaction and marries both the advantages of traditional board games and computer games.


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