Toy interface for multimodal interaction and communication

Abstract

Toy Interface is a real-world oriented interface that uses modeled objects with “toy”-like shapes and attributes as the interface between the real world and cyberspace. Toy-interface can be categorized into one of three types: the doll type, miniascape type and brick type. We investigate various toy interfaces and present the design detail of a doll-type interface prototype for the purpose of multi-modal interaction and communication.