Virtual Cockroaches? Envisioning Dimensions of VToys and Related Play Experiences
: Heljakka, Katriina; Thibault, Mattia
: De Paolis, Lucio Tommaso; Arpaia, Pasquale; Sacco, Marco
: International Conference on Extended Reality
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland
: 2024
: Lecture Notes in Computer Science
: Extended Reality: International Conference, XR Salento 2024, Lecce, Italy, September 4–7, 2024, Proceedings, Part I
: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
: 15027
: 285
: 292
: 978-3-031-71706-2
: 978-3-031-71707-9
: 0302-9743
: 1611-3349
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-71707-9_23(external)
: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-71707-9_23(external)
This exploratory paper seeks to combine findings from toy research with studies on digital object play with an interest in the toyification of the virtual realm, including VR, AR, and XR. The goal of the paper is to formulate ideas on the toyfulness of virtual objects and related toy experiences in virtual space and to give a definition of Virtual Toys. By giving examples of current VToys and speculating on the properties of VToys in the future, we participate in envisioning a post-digital play world, where questions related, for example, to the longevity and obsolescence of playthings, receive new meanings.
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This research was supported by the project NEXR - Next Extended Reality, funded by NextGenerationEU and Business Finland (co-research project number 5703/31/2023).
