Toewie: Puppet game controller
Posted: June 27th, 2006 | 1 Comment »Toewie by Jelle Husson (postgraduate in eMedia in Belgium)
Toewie is about a 3d game for pre-school children. Most 3d games are being navigated by means of the arrow keys for movement, and the mouse for looking/direction. Because this is quite complicated, especially for very young children, Toewie will be controlled differently. The idea is to build a real life puppet and put some movement sensors in it. When the child interacts with the puppet, the 3d character on screen will perform a similar movement.
Why do I blog this? I am following lately how tangible interface can be used as innovative game controllers, this is a relevant example.
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I can’t tell if this is the worst idea since the Teletubbies, or incredibly brilliant. I don’t think teaching kids to use virtual interfaces that early is a good idea, but I could be wrong. It’s certainly a bit better than wholy non-interactive boob tube, at least . . .