RFID-Based Digital Board Game Platforms

JungHyun Han

Game Research Center, College of Information Communications
Korea University, Seoul, Korea
Kiyeol Kim

Ui2 Corporation, Seoul, Korea
Keechul Jung

School of Media, Soongsil University, Seoul, Korea
Kyung-Ok Lee

Child Game Research Center, Department of Early Childhood Education
Duksung Women's University, Seoul, Korea

keywords: Digital board game, RFID, object identification, motion tracking, edutainment

This paper presents digital board games built upon RFID-based platforms. The platforms consist of RFID tag-embedded physical objects and RFID reader boards. A library is built upon the platforms for recognizing data, locations, and movements of the physical game objects. Three kinds of game prototypes are designed and developed for use in young children's edutainment. The user tests prove that a natural type of interactivity can be achieved for digital board games, and it can contribute to establishing paradigms for next-generation edutainment.

mathematics subject classification 2000: 68U99

reference: Vol. 29, 2010, No. 6+, pp. 1141–1158

Computing and Informatics

formerly Computers and Artificial Intelligence

RFID-Based Digital Board Game Platforms