Poddles

This is a concept video for a rapid prototype that Lauren Fenton, Meryl Alper, Harsh Vathsangam, and I collaborated on for the 2011 Annenberg Symposium at the University of Southern California. These digital toy blocks have embedded LCD touch screens which respond to one-another. Users can draw or download pre-made animated designs which can move between screens and respond to user movements such as touching other blocks, shaking, spinning, stacking, etc. The blocks encourage an integration between digital, virtual, and tangible play.