A multimodal interaction framework for pervasive game applications
Carsten Magerkurth, Richard Stenzel, Norbert Streitz, Erich J. Neuhold · 2003
In this paper we present STARS, a platform for developing computer augmented board games that integrate mobile devices with an interactive table. The aim of STARS is to augment traditional board games with computing functionality, but without sacrificing the human-centered interaction dynamics of traditional tabletop games. STARS consists of a specialized hardware setup and an interaction framework that dynamically couples mobile and stationary input and output devices with the game table. Depending on a current device configuration, different input and output modalities are available which can either be explicitly utilized by the human players or determined by the STARS platform with regard to a set of mode-specific attributes, available interface services, and demands from a specific game logic.