Course project for "Advanced User Interfaces (AUI)", Polytechnic University of Milan, A.Y. 2021/2022.
Generative game for the Magic Room, a type of Multisensory Environment (MSE).
Authors: Alessandro Atanassov, Guido Bordonaro, Martin Goldschmidt, Clément Rousseau
Professor: Franca Garzotto
Tutors: Mattia Gianotti, Sofya Komarova, Giacomo Caslini
Grade: 30/30 with Honours
Game running in the Magic Room. |
User Interface, front and floor projections. |
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“Explora!” is a highly interactive and immersive experience for the Magic Room, catered toward atypical and typical children - aged 6-12 years old - to develop their explorative, collaborative and communication skills.
This is a game for 2 players set in the woods, next to a river, and it consists in exploring an idyllic landscape to discover its hidden secrets, by interacting with the elements present in the surrounding environment.
All the interactions are full-body, tracked by a kinect sensor, and can result in a change on the floor or front projections of the room; the children are challenged to understand the causes and effects of each gesture performed, in order to find a way of progressing through the game.
The children are also motivated to collaborate and socialize with each other, thanks to a few collaborative tasks that are needed to progress; also, they are encouraged to teamwork in discovering new things, in an environment that is unknown “a priori” to them, and full of surprises.
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A bibtex entry is provided below:
@inproceedings{komarova2022investigation,
title={Investigation and perspectives about the promoting creativity to children with ASD in a Multisensory environment Magic Room. Generative game “Explora!”.},
author={Komarova, Sofya and Gianotti, Mattia and Atanassov, Alessandro and Bordonaro, Guido and Rousseau, Cl{\'e}ment and Goldschmidt, Martin and Caslini, Giacomo and Garzotto, Franca},
booktitle={EdMedia+ Innovate Learning},
pages={696--710},
year={2022},
organization={Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)}
}