Progster Alternativo: uma proposta de adaptação do jogo Progster com visão computacional e design de baixo custo

Abstract

Progster is a result of the Digital Design course from Federal University of Ceará which won the Design Competition from Brazilian Symposium on Human Factors in Computer Systems (IHC 2017). It's a toy for teaching programming logic to kids ages 7 to 9 through an electronic board that connects to the kid's tablet or cell phone by bluetooth. However, its high production cost and the designing team's lack of expertise precluded its development. In an attempt to lower its production cost, one possible option was Alternative Progster, which replaces board's electronic components by paper and applies Artificial Intelligence and Computer Vision for the recognition of pieces placed on the board through the device's camera. For this end, a board and pieces' redesign was performed, adapting them to the new requirements, as well as an interface prototype. In this version, Progster's particularity of setting a multimodal interface is retained and children's evaluation indicated an understanding of the new interaction proposal, as well as the board and pieces's handling.