Parent-Child Co-Creation of Story With Augmented Reality

Abstract

The study explores the integration of augmented reality (AR) into parent-child co-creation of AR stories. Beyond traditional oral and written texts, AR stories can be created with diverse use of media. The design process also invites creative thinking among family members. To encourage creativity and narrative skills development among children, a parent-child AR story-creation activity was provided to families. Several research issues were studied: 1. How did the parents and children generate their story ideas and integrate their story ideas into the AR platform? 2. How did parents scaffold children’s creation process? 3. What were the obstacles experienced in this form of storytelling, and what did parents and children achieve from the process? Observations and story portfolios were gathered in the study. In-depth interview data were collected from parents and children. Inductive analysis was used for summarizing the research findings. Findings of the study are categorized as the following themes for the creation process: “creating ideas for stories”, “immersive storytelling with AR”, “parents’ scaffolding”, “coping with obstacles”, and “achieving from experiencing”. The integration of AR encouraged children to enjoy the innovative form of storytelling. In future implementations, AR story creation might be tuned to meet individual needs in creating their life stories. Extending AR story creation to a broader scope of subjects and application is also expected.

Keywords

• parent-child story creation
• augmented reality
• storytelling
• technology-mediated creation
• community engagement