Age Invaders

Age Invaders is a novel interactive intergeneration social-physical game which allows the elderly to play harmoniously together with children in the physical space while parents can participate in the game play in real time remotely in the virtual world through the internet. Age Invaders brings the game play to a physical platform, and requires and encourages physical body movements rather than constraining the user in front of a computer for many hours.



Authors: Eng Tat Khoo et al.

Affiliation: Mixed Reality Laboratory, Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering National University of Singapore

Project page: http://www.mixedreality.nus.edu.sg/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=27&Itemid=61

SMALLab

SMALLab is an extensible platform for semi-immersive, mixed-reality learning. By semi-immersive, we mean that the mediated space of SMALLab is physically open on all sides to the larger environment. Participants can freely enter and exit the space without the need for wearing specialized display or sensing devices such as head-mounted displays (HMD) or motion capture markers. Participants seated or standing around SMALLab can see and hear the dynamic media, and they can directly communicate with their peers that are interacting in the space.

SMALLab @ Arizona State University - 2009 from aisling kelliher on Vimeo.

Project Website: http://ame2.asu.edu/projects/emlearning/index.php

Children's Cheering Carpet @ TPO, Prato (Italy)

Large (and sometimes) interactive video-projected surfaces become the stage set for dance and theater performances that involve children as audience and as performers.




Official website: http://www.tpo.it/

Lightspace Play

Lightspace Play includes an interactive floor surface comprised of 16”x16” programmable LED lit and pressure sensitive tiles constructed to fit a 10 foot square space. Each tile consists of sixteen 4” x 4” pixels that can display any color, pattern or image. The surface is able to detect location, movement and density of players to give a realistic gaming experience. Reactions to player movements are displayed on the surface and are accompanied by sound effects.



Affiliation: Exergame Fitness USA

Project page: http://www.exergamefitness.com/lightspaceplay.htm