Dramagic

This research proposes augmenting physical experience with unreal sonic effects to intrigue children’s emotional experience and physical activities, and inspire their creativity. To explore the idea, we present Dramagic, a playful furniture that enhances authentic sounds occurring on the furniture with cartoon sonic effects. To validate the proposed design, we conducted a field test to observe children experiencing. The results indicated that augmenting sonic experience intrigued more physical actions, such as touching, scratching, and rubbing. Moreover, children became more creative and tend to make stories with the playful sound interactions.