In the last years, there has been an increasing interest in the design of video games as a
tool for education, training, health promotion, socialization, etc. Usability, which is a key …

This study focuses on the appropriation process of two public computing infrastructures in
the City of Oulu, Finland, a municipal WiFi network and large interactive displays. We …

Falling prices have led to an ongoing spread of public displays in urban areas. Still, they
mostly show passive content such as commercials and digital signage. At the same time …

Educational games are a creative, enjoyable way for students to learn about technical
concepts. We present Entanglion, a board game that aims to introduce the fundamental …

On-screen gamepads are increasingly used as controllers for video games on distant
screens, yet lack the typical tactile feedback known from hardware controllers. We …

This work presents a design space in which personal devices are used as a means to
facilitate" socially safe", ad-hoc interaction with large public displays. Unlike most existing …

Public Information Displays (PIDs) have only recently begun to support user interaction.
Traditionally, such displays have been static and non-interactive, and past research has …

Recent developments have shown a growing interest in interactive pervasive computing
scenarios supported by public displays as well as their introduction into educational …

Recent years have seen a growing interest in supporting learning activities/scenarios that go
beyond the traditional classroom context as well as the development of pervasive computing …

In this paper, we present a multi-user interaction interface for a large immersive space that
supports simultaneous screen interactions by combining (1) user input via personal …