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Experiences from designing a tangible musical toy for children

Published: 07 June 2006 Publication History

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This poster describes the design and early evaluation of MusicPets. MusicPets allows children to store audio, such as (composed) tunes or recorded messages, on tangible containers embodied by soft toys. Results show that children enjoy creating tunes and appreciate the possibility to record them on physical objects so that they can later 'show' them to others. They would also use MusicPets for exchanging messages and playing DJ using multiple prerecorded soft toys. MusicPets not only fosters musical creativity but also promotes collaboration among children.

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IDC '06: Proceedings of the 2006 conference on Interaction design and children
June 2006
172 pages
ISBN:9781450378086
DOI:10.1145/1139073
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Published: 07 June 2006

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  1. children
  2. kindergarten
  3. musical
  4. tangible
  5. toys

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