Designing a Collaborative Interaction Experience for a Puppet Show System for Hearing-Impaired Children
In this study we have developed a puppet shows system for hearing-impaired children. It is difficult for hearing-impaired children to experience a puppet show. One of the reasons that hearing-impaired children have difficulty experiencing a puppet show is
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Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan [email protected] 2 Kobe University, Tsurukabuto, Nada, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan [email protected] 3 Tokyo University of Science, Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba, Japan {7515624,7515636}@ed.tus.ac.jp, [email protected] 4 Tama Art University, Yarimizu, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan [email protected] 5 Tsukuba University of Technology, Amakubo, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan [email protected]
Abstract. In this study we have developed a puppet shows system for hearing-impaired children. It is difficult for hearing-impaired children to experience a puppet show. One of the reasons that hearing-impaired children have difficulty experiencing a puppet show is because the performance is a collaborative interaction experience. Collaborative interaction experiences encourage immersive viewing toward an empathetic understanding of the characters. This paper aims to design a collaborative interaction experience function for hearing-impaired children. This function provides collaborative interaction for the audience to work with the characters to resolve issues in the story by using body motion. From the results of the evaluation experiment, we understood that the collaborative interaction experience function generally supported an immersive puppet show experience for the audience. Keywords: Puppet show Hearing-impaired children Collaborative interaction experience
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1 Background and Purpose of the Study Puppet shows have taken root in the cultures of nations in the world [1]. In particular, puppet shows are a familiar cultural experience for children when the puppets are used as educational materials in preschools and elementary schools. A puppet show is an important experience that supports the development of children [2]. However, it is difficult for hearing-impaired children to experience a puppet show for two reasons. First, the dialogue of the story in the puppet show is important. Hearing-impaired children find it difficult to hear these sounds. An appropriate means © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 K. Miesenberger et al. (Eds.): ICCHP 2016, Part II, LNCS 9759, pp. 424–432, 2016. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-41267-2_60
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to secure such information is needed to resolve this problem. The second reason that hearing-impaired children have difficulty experiencing a puppet show is because the performance is an interactive experience. This means not just watching the puppet show but participating in the performance itself. For example, there are puppet shows in which the viewers and characters solve problems together during the story, or the viewers participate by helping create the puppets or the stage [3]. Such collaborative interaction experiences encourage immersive viewing toward an enjoyable experience, comprehension of the story, and an empathetic understanding of the characters. In many cases, however, these shows are not designed for hearing-impaired children. It would be
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