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Collaboration
Control Freaks is a Master’s Exemplar is a doctorate
design thesis from Interaction project from Stanford
Design Institute Ivrea. University’s HCI Group.

Control Freaks Framing
Transforming everyday contexts into opportunities for play
Enabling new social experiences through technology

Playing with the real world

Playing with the real world
A device that attaches onto the
bus strap and transforms it into
a game play device

The same device could attach to any object and turn
it into a game play object

A microwave to play Pong?

A girl to play Pacman?

Concept
Control Freaks are devices that attach to
existing everyday things and turns them into
interactive game play objects.

Concept
The Control Freaks device maps
physical movement to game
actions.

The host object
The Control Freak device

Game Models
Open system that maps movement to game actions
Determining games from given actions
Seeking out specific host objects to play
Seeking out specific physical affordances to play

Device Models
as a peripheral.... as a toy character....

Clamp attaches
Detects motion
Wireless
Control Freak Clamps

Control Freaks Clamp
Value Propositions
Generic peripheral can be mapped to any game
Potential to be adopted by mainstream gamers and developers
as peripheral controller
Use of multiple clamps can contribute to more complex
interactions

Characterization and Narrative
Physical qualities of the character can suggest its use
Imbuing the device with character and story can be a driver for
attachment and play

Affordance Studies
suck
hug
bite
cling
wrap

Control Freak Friends

Control Freak Friends Attach

Getting to this point

Representation DOES matter

Exemplar
This is where Exemplar comes in
What is Exemplar?
What does Exemplar do? - Thresholding, Pattern
Matching, Smoothing
What interface does Exemplar provide for the designer
System architecture (Java <-> Flash)

3 Games at the Interactivity Demo
3 Games at the demo

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