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myTHeme
The Smart-Its platform is used an enabling technology in myTHeme, a computer-augmented
card game developed within PLAY's Ubiquitous
Games research theme. MyTHeme investigates how a card game can be computer-augmented
to allow players to create narrative structures that are instantiated by
a computer. MyTHeme intends to create a compelling computer-augmented game
and to explore how stories can be generated from a combination of players'
actions, the rules of a game, and a ubiquitous computing system.Smart-Its are used in myTHeme to augment various props in the game interaction. Interrelation of such computational materials contributes to collaborative authoring of the story, which is generated in real-time as a textual thread with audio and visual effects. Smart-Its support the intention of the game in stimulating social game interaction and tangible interaction with a digital system. The MyTheme prototype is currently in development and results will be disseminated in publications and demonstrations.
project team: Staffan Björk, Sus Lundgren, and Jennika Falk (Interactive Institute)
myTHeme summary (A4 PDF)