A Single-User Tabletop Card Game System for Older Persons: General Lessons Learned From an In-Situ Study

By: Silvia Gabrielli, Sergio Bellutti, Anthony Jameson, Chiara Leonardi, and Massimo Zancanaro (2008)

Proceedings of the Third IEEE Tabletops and Interactive Surfaces Workshop, Amsterdam, pp. 91–94.

Abstract: This paper discusses some general results from an in-situ study of the use of a tabletop system for card playing that differs in several ways from most tabletop systems: 1. It was designed primarily for use by senior citizens with little or no computer experience. 2. It is a single-user system, though social interaction with nearby persons during its use is typical. 3. It includes a simple conversational agent (representing the game’s other player). 4. It is used in a setting (a senior citizens’ center) in which the users also play cards in the traditional ways. A total of 42 regular visitors of the center participated over a 4-week period. From our observations and results, we draw several conclusions that should apply to other tabletop systems that share one or more of the characteristics just listed.

BibTeX entry:

@inproceedings{GabrielliBJ+08,
  year = {2008},
  author = {{Gabrielli}, Silvia and {Bellutti}, Sergio and {Jameson}, Anthony and {Leonardi}, Chiara and {Zancanaro}, Massimo},
  title = {A Single-User Tabletop Card Game System for Older Persons: General Lessons Learned From an In-Situ Study},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the Third {IEEE} Tabletops and Interactive Surfaces Workshop},
  address = {Amsterdam},
  pages = {91--94}}