The bag hangs permanently in the children’s playroom or bedroom wall and is connected to an Internet network. A video message is recorded by a the user using conventional video chatting hardware and software this is sent to the Bag of Gifts and registers as the light on the front of the bag glowing. The remote person opens the bag and takes the trinket out that is vibrating. On removing the trinket from the bag a message plays on the video screen on the inside of the bag flap. Once the message finishes the user can replace the trinket inside the bag to activate a video recording sequence. They then record their response, which is sent when they close the bag flap.
Source: Feltham, F., Vetere, F., and Wensveen, S. 2007. Designing tangible artefacts for playful interactions and dialogues. In Proceedings of the Conference on Designing Pleasurable Products and Interfaces (DPPI’07). ACM Press, 61–75.
