[ ] (pronounced as “tchk tchk”)

[ ] is a wearable gaming console that is all about having active fun; with a healthier lifestyle as a pleasant side effect.

Pronounced as “tchk tchk”, [ ] is a device that transforms any sport tool (e.g. basketball shoe, tennis racquet, hockey stick) into a game-controller for an audio-enabled sport/game. You can connect [ ] onto your sport tool in different ways (wristband, clip-on, sticker), and it transforms, for example, playing basketball into a gaming experience; with different levels and sound-rewards that only trigger when the user is above their personal sporting best. The resulting reward tells the other players that the user of [ ] is doing very well in the sport at that moment, which in turn opens up the social dialogue and social rewards.

The allure of enjoyment and the temptation of XP points; now that is something that seriously tickles our geek fueled fancy!

Damn Geeky

CLIENT: Eindhoven University of Technology

AGENCY: Eindhoven University of Technology

SUPPORT BY:
– Chetram Bangaru – Prototyping

MY SCOPE – DESIGNER
Industrial / Product design
3D design + Visualization
Max/MSP Programming
Arduino Embedded Development
Basic Mechanical Engineering
Sound Design

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Screen addiction

[ ] is the result and it embraces gaming as a tool for behavior change without treating indoor or outdoor gaming as more ethical.

For this project, the design of the game for [ ] was tailored towards getting gamers to play basketball, but the ultimate aim of [ ] is to be a sport-gaming ‘console’ for all sports. With basketball [ ] was connected onto the players shoe using a belt-clip and the game focused on a handicap-system to hand out rewards.

[ ] is the result and it embraces gaming as a tool for behavior change without treating indoor or outdoor gaming as more ethical.