Electronically enhanced board games by integrating physical and virtual spaces

This paper describes an electronically enhanced board called E 2board. The motivation of our work comes from a traditional board game, which groups of players enjoy in a face-to-face situation by manipulating pieces on a physical board. In order to enhance users’ excitement and immersiveness, a physical board and a virtual world created by a computer are linked together with E 2board. An important function of E 2board is the rapid recognition of massive numbers of different objects. The authors have developed several applications using E 2board: not only games, but also systems for supporting group activities. Some of these applications are shown.

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