A short introductory talk to my PhD research on interactive play given to a general public on 24th of March during my PhD defense. Covering topics of embodied interaction, interactive play, interactive playgrounds, rehabilitation, and entertainment for people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities.

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(Steering) Interactive Play Behavior
Introductory Talk
R.W. van Delden (for now just) MSc
yes, in American “English”

2. Paranymphs
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dr. Merijn Bruijnesir. drs. ing. Jan-Willem Bullée

3. Schedule
 12.30 – 12.42 Introductory talk
 12.45 – 13.30 Defense
 13.30 – 13.50 Committee retreats
 13.50 – 14.00 Diploma & laudatio
 14.00 – 14.30 Pictures, move to DL
 15.00 – 17.15 Power of Play talks
 17.15 – 18.15 Drinks, demos & meet-and-greet
 18.30 – 23.59 Party @NixenMeer
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4. Oct 2011 - March 2017
5 ½ years
What did the dude do?
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(Steering) Interactive Play Behavior

6. Play for
cognitive, social-emotional, and motor skill development
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(Steering) Interactive Play Behavior

8. Towards a Fun Future?
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9. Three Main Parts
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(Steering) Interactive Play Behavior
Part I :
Steering Behavior in Interactive Play-spaces

11. Interactive Playground Platform (Part 1)
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12. Steering Interactive Play Behavior
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13. Steering Coordination in Distributed Team Play
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14. An Enticing Strategy for Steering
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16. Convincing Results
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17. Take aways
 Use of Automatic Measurements [dr. Moreno (2016)]
 Steering Behavior
 Distributed Team Play
 An Enticing Strategy
 Changing Coordination, Proxemics and Interactions
 Work towards higher end goals
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(Steering) Interactive Play Behavior
Part II :
Providing a Leisure Activity for People
with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities (PIMD)

19. Providing a Leisure Activity for People
with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities (PIMD)
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KITT
Engineering

20. Providing a Leisure Activity for People
with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities (PIMD)
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21. Results
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 Movement
 Affect (indicators of
happiness & agitation)
 Alertness

22. Results
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Participant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Alertness
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++ ++ +
Affective
behaviour
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++ - ++ ++
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Movement ++
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23. Take aways
 Idiosyncratic (individualistic) nature
 Measuring on longer term
 Truly interactive systems for people with PIMD
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(Steering) Interactive Play Behavior
Part III :
Play for Gait Rehabilitation

25. Gait Rehabilitation on an Interactive Floor
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26. Gait Rehabilitation on an Interactive Floor
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27. Take aways
 Personalization with a game suite approach
 Tailoring with parameters
 Motivating games, applying steering strategies
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28. Overall an exploration of interactive play
 Intervention based play research approach
 Steering balance, proxemics, and interactions
 Personalization for different user groups
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Thank you for your attention!
Presentation:
robbyvd.com/layman.pdf