日常生活に潜むプレイアビリティを応用したフィジェット・トイの開発

抄録

In 2017, a toy called the hand spinner became a smash hit product internationally. Since then, the term “Fidget Toy” started to be used to describe the toy which give a sense of pleasure by repeating simple movements in a hand. However, as fidget toys is a new type of product, there are more opportunity to develop and improve the category. In this study, we make a hypothesis that the elements of pleasant sensations by fidget toy are related to unconscious behaviors in our daily life. Then, we analyze unconscious behaviors in our daily life, and we convert the elements to develop new fidget toys by transferring these elements.