Reactoon: Storytelling in a Tangible Environment

Author

Alves, Alexandra ; Lopes, Roseli ; Matos, Patrik ; Velho, Luiz ; Silva, Djalma

Author_Institution

Eng. Eletr., EPUSP, Sao Paulo, Brazil

fYear

2010

fDate

12-16 April 2010

Firstpage

161

Lastpage

165

Abstract

Storytelling is an essential activity in the life of children. By listening or sharing their stories and ideas they give meaning to their world and practice their communication skills. Even though today computers are already present in a child´s world, there is a difference between software programs developed for them and specific programs that allow them to express themselves. This paper presents the Reactoon System: an authoring tool for building 2D animations for a tabletop with tangible user interface and multi-touch screen.

Keywords

computer aided instruction; computer animation; touch sensitive screens; user interfaces; 2D animations; Reactoon; authoring tool; communication skills; multitouch screen; software programs; tangible environment storytelling; user interface; Animation; Application software; Computer graphics; Computer interfaces; Displays; Educational institutions; Graphical user interfaces; Mice; Toy industry; User interfaces; Animation 2D; Storytelling; Tangible Interface;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Digital Game and Intelligent Toy Enhanced Learning (DIGITEL), 2010 Third IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kaohsiung

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6433-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-6434-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DIGITEL.2010.28

Filename

5463757