Mythic Hue
Living room as material for play. Reimagine home environment for tabletop role playing games.
Years Active: 2025-present
Have you ever imagined that your living room has turned into a fantasy dungeon and you are the mighty fighter with a spatula sword and a pod lid shield? I have, and I would also wear a blanket splendid cloak. Now, with open-source smart home appliances and movement-based tracking sensors, they become real magical game controllers that can make a real effect on the surroundings.
This is a research project that I am building as a part of my PhD dissertation. The core technical portion consists of a Seeed Xiao Sense sensor with an onboard Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) and Bluetooth for sensing and forwarding movement data, and Home Assistant, an open-source smart home appliance management platform. To gather insights on the actual gameplay settings and considerations in gaming sessions, I worked with a community partner who is very familiar with the Chinese tabletop role-playing groups and interviewed many experienced game hosts and players on their opinions on “what contributes to immersive experience”. So far, we have achieved inspiring results that contribute to the prototype design. More will be shared after the research paper comes out!