[Tech] Fishpong

Fishpong is a nice kind of roomware that aims at “stimulating informal computer-supported cooperative play (CSCP) in public spaces such as coffeehouses and cafés“. It consists of a tabletop tangible user interface that allows users to control a fish-themed video game using magnetically tagged coffee cups. It a kind of “icebreaker” technology to encourage spontaneous social interaction among coffeehouse patrons.