BBC R&D, BBC Childrens', IRT and ZDF are hosting a collaborative workshop titled ‘Toys and the TV: Serious Play’ at IMX on the 17th of June 2020, in Barcelona.
We aim to bring together researchers and designers to tackle interaction design and interfaces with respect to the use of the TV by children. With the advent of connected TVs and connected toys, there is an opportunity to develop exciting novel interaction paradigms and innovative forms of user experiences around how children might view and interact with TV programmes.
We would like to invite practitioners, designers and researchers to submit a 1-2 page position paper containing the following information:
We will prioritise proposals submitted by authors who can demonstrate a diverse and inclusive perspective. The aim is to host a workshop that has participants from diverse background.
We have attached a Word template for convenience or you may also submit using the SIGCHI Extended Abstracts format. Please send your submissions by email to toys.n.tv@gmail.com.
In your submission, please outline a plausible use case involving connected toys while watching TV within a given context. Feel free to add illustrations or flow chats to visualise your idea. It will be considered a bonus if your idea covers an existing problem but we also look forward to hearing about novel experiences.
Your position paper should attempt to address one or more CHALLENGES encountered in making experiences for children such as (but not restricted to):
Deadlines (TBC)
We expect at least one author of each accepted position paper to attend the workshop and the participant must register for the whole of IMX to take part.
We hope to see you in Barcelona!