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VRPaperCrafting: Exploring Child-Friendly Paper Crafting in Virtual Environments using Physical Proxies and Hand Gestures

Manuel Lehé,Adrian Kühn,Jessica Bersch,Miriam Nora San Leon Wildner,Umme Jobira Ahmad,Andrii Matviienko

Published 2024 in Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction

ABSTRACT

Paper crafting is vital in children’s fine motor skill development, problem-solving abilities, and emotional well-being. However, safety concerns related to paper crafting, e.g., gluing and cutting, might hinder children’s creative exploration. Moreover, paper crafting only sometimes accommodates making mistakes, e.g., wrongly cutting paper. In this paper, we explore how virtual environments can facilitate safe and error-friendly paper crafting by proposing two interaction techniques based on (1) physical proxies and (2) hand gestures that accommodate paper coloring, gluing, and cutting. To investigate children’s virtual and physical experiences with paper crafting, we conducted a controlled lab experiment (N=12) consisting of a predefined task and free play. Our results indicate that physical proxies and gestures facilitated a safe and enjoyable experience to express creativity. Moreover, children successfully performed paper crafting using the proposed techniques and found it more engaging and fun than physical paper crafting.

PUBLICATION RECORD

  • Publication year

    2024

  • Venue

    Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction

  • Publication date

    2024-10-13

  • Fields of study

    Computer Science, Education

  • Identifiers
    DOI 10.1145/3679318.3685379
  • External record

    Open on Semantic Scholar

  • Source metadata

    Semantic Scholar

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