A History of Toys Brief, Biased and Mostly Binary
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A History of ToysBrief, Biased and Mostly Binary
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The Pre-Binary Era
1940’s America finds rubber but fuels the need for synthetic rubberBounce, stretch further, copy print
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The First Interactive Era
http://www.rembrandtfilms.com/winkydink.htm
CBS1953-57Magic drawing screen and markerWinky Dink kits sold!
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The Faux High Tech Era
Translucent pegs into black opaque paperLightbulb illuminates pegsNo muss/ high tech looking1967Hasbro
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The Dawning of the Console Age
1976 video table tennisNolan BushnellAtari was one of many but colorful , well packaged and designed.
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The E-literate Age
Home PC used for playClickable explorationsExpensive
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The Animatronics
AgeMicrosoft and PBS 1997Standalone, with VCR or with TVToo difficult for parentsToo distracting for kidsGreat show of technology combining animatronics and the vertical blanking interval from tvSpecially encoded TV series
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Where we’re at …
• Plain Old Toys• Plan Old Digital Toys• 2-Way Interaction between
digital and other toys • To consider:
– As the mediums change does the play change?
– Distribution change?
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Today’s Connected Kid
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The Future of Toyland
• Gesture/Body as Interface
PlayStation Move
Microsoft Natal
Nintendo 3DS – no glasses
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The Dollar iStore
• 99 cents to Entertain • “Golden Books” Rises Again
– Cat in th
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Virtual Worlds and Social Networks
• Offline world as your online pass• Online world as your design
studio• Playing and Designing (Spore,
Little Big Planet, ModNation)• Offline/Online continue to Blur
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Fitness, HealthMove to earn
SwinxZippedy
Pokewalker
GeoTracker Jt.