Sep 25, 2016
Followup to my Playful Interactions talk I gave in Moscow, Russia. Yo, if you want to learn more about public space and games, go check out these links.
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Followup to my Playful Interactions talk I gave in Moscow, Russia. Yo, if you want to learn more about public space and games, go check out these links.
Strelka Institute for Media, Architecture and Design, Moscow, Russia. 38,861 likes · 575 talking about this · 13,810 were here. Strelka Institute for...
Fun fact: I also did another talk in Moscow, Russia on playful interfaces and how games can transform public space, with some fantastic examples of this emerging field!
Check out the video and I’ll post the followup tomorrow.
Wiggle the Eye interactive seats for physical and social play
Wiggle the Eye is a playful installation that elicits physical and social play. By sitting and wiggling on one of the interactive seats, players control the central streetlight and the vibration motors in other seats. This novel outcome stimulates players to be physically active while sitting, in order to discover what is possible with the installation. The installation is public, so one’s actions influence the experience of other players, resulting in strong social interaction. Wiggle the Eye was developed as part of the PlayFit design research project, and has been evaluated with more than five hundred users at events, high schools and other public spaces. Teenagers were motivated to start playing in an (inherently) active way, while enjoying themselves in a creative and social way. Creativity, pleasure and social interaction were enhanced while sedentary activity was reduced - a good solution to fight the inactivity problem and a first step to prevent obesity. This installation was designed and developed by Linda de Valk, Pepijn Rijnbout and Rob Tieben, as part of the PlayFit project and the CRISP I-PE project. User Evaluations/Exhibitions:
Demo at TU/e Open House
Four-week evaluation at Rooipannen college, Eindhoven
Four-week evaluation at Mondial college, Nijmegen
Demo at Innovation Business Event Eindhoven
Two-week exhibition at Polish Design Festival, Poland
Exhibition during Dutch Technology Week 2014
More information:
Video overview of Wiggle the Eye 2014 | 1 min - Making of (3 min)
Other posts about Wiggle the Eye | BLOG
Walk of Fame moving through space in a performative way
Walk of Fame is a playful installation which frames moving through space in a performative way. By moving through the camera’s view, the image of a player is recut on top of another recording, creating an unexpected and ludicrous video composition. This novel outcome stimulates players to move their bodies in different ways to create new configurations. The installation is public, so the act of playing and the resulting recordings are visible for others to see, which adds a social and performative quality to the experience. This allows the players to use the installation for the thrill of performing and as a means of communication. Walk of Fame was developed as part of the PlayFit design research project, and has been evaluated with more than thousand users at events, high schools and other public spaces. Teenagers were motivated to start playing in an (inherently) active way, while enjoying themselves in a creative and social way. Creativity, pleasure and social interaction were enhanced while sedentary activity was reduced - a good solution to fight the inactivity problem and a first step to prevent obesity. This installation was designed by Rob Tieben as part of the PlayFit project; code development by Jeroen Hoogers as part of his internship. User Evaluations/Exhibitions:
Exhibition during Dutch Technology Week 2013
Evaluation during E-Moves festival at Dynamo Youth Centre
Four-week evaluation at Mondial College Nijmegen
Demo during Serious Request 2013
Demo at opening Embedded Fitness
Demo at IPON conference
Demo in Z@pplive, live TV show at Dutch national television
Demo at TU/e Experience Day
Exhibition during Dutch Technology Week 2014
Demo at Night of the Nerds 2014
Demo at Conference for Education and Social Media 2014
Demo at Interaction Design for Children (IDC) 2014 Denmark
Demo & study by UvA in Nemo Science Centre Amsterdam
More information:
Video overview of Walk of Fame 2014 | VIMEO
Other posts about Walk of Fame | BLOG
Walk of Fame at four exhibitions simultaneously!
The Walk of Fame, Wiggle the Eye, and other PlayFit projects have been exhibited at four exhibitions simultaneously this week! TU/e Experience Day, Dutch Technology's Week Fontys Work in Progress, Night of the Nerds and the Conference for Education and Social Media (NCOSM). Thousands of visitors and players, and a lot of 'hidden activity' by convincing people to play in a social way.
Walk of Fame - new video
New video featuring the Walk of Fame
Walk of Fame for Serious Request
Our installation Walk of Fame was part of the 'Playground, Serious Gaming for Serious Request' event. This playground with interactive games was one of the activities for Serious Request, a large charity event in the Netherlands. Visitors could play with the Walk of Fame and other games, in return for a donation for the Red Cross.
Wiggle the Eye at Polish Design Festival
Our installation Wiggle the Eye was exhibited at the Lodz Design Festival in Poland for 10 days. Part of an exhibition about 'Deep Need', Wiggle the Eye created quite some playful activity among the thousands of visitors. At the last day of the festival, I gave a workshop about 'Playful persuasion in public spaces'.