The presentation will provide an overview of the interaction design of these products and pose some unique challenges faced by designers and engineers of such experiences targeted at novice computer users, namely young children. Herman D'Hooge is Manager of New Concepts at the Intel Smart Toy Lab. He was one of the founders of the Smart Toy Lab in spring of 1998. During his 19-years with Intel he has held positions as a developer, architect, engineering manager, industry evangelist, and research manager in a wide range of areas including computer architectures, operating system kernels, distributed systems, fault tolerance, security, system performance analysis, PC platform architecture, computer telephony integration, and new applications research. He holds a MSEE degree and an MSCS degree, both from the University of Ghent, Belgium.
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