PlayPals are a set of wireless dolls which are supposed to be used for playful remote communication. PlayPals are a set of figurines with their mechanical arms that provide children with a playful way to communicate between remote locations. PlayPals is
designed for children aged 5-8 to share virtual copresence.
Reference: Bonanni, L., Vaucelle, C., Lieberman, J., and Zuckerman, O. 2006. PlayPals. In Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI’06). ACM Press, 574–579.
http://tangible.media.mit.edu/project/playpals/
http://architectradure.blogspot.de/2006/01/playpals-tangible-interfaces-for.html
