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The Smart Dice Cup: A Radio Controlled Sentient Interaction Device

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Entertainment Computing - ICEC 2006 (ICEC 2006)

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In this paper, we present the Smart Dice Cup, a novel interaction device aimed at gaming applications in smart home environments. The Smart Dice Cup is used in a similar way as a traditional leather dice cup to generate random numbers. Integrated accelerometers relate the shaking of the device to the resulting rolls of the dice. In addition to an autonomous stand-alone mode, where the Smart Dice Cup serves as self-sustained gaming system, the device is also capable of communicating with its surrounding environment serving as an input device for other pervasive gaming applications.

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  1. Fraunhofer IPSI, AMBIENTE – Smart Environments of the Future, D-64293, Darmstadt, Germany

    Carsten Magerkurth, Timo Engelke & Carsten Röcker

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  1. Carsten Magerkurth
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  1. Microsoft Research Cambridge, Socio-Digital Systems, 7 J.J: Thomson Ave, CB3 OFB, Cambridge, UK

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  2. Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Den Dolech 2, 5600MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

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Magerkurth, C., Engelke, T., Röcker, C. (2006). The Smart Dice Cup: A Radio Controlled Sentient Interaction Device. In: Harper, R., Rauterberg, M., Combetto, M. (eds) Entertainment Computing - ICEC 2006. ICEC 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4161. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11872320_25

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/11872320_25

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  • Print ISBN: 978-3-540-45259-1

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