• Beyond WOW! Designing Quality VR Experiences for Kids at AWE 2026

    What is the key to finding success with younger users? Designing responsibly for children requires more than simplifying content. It demands thoughtful alignment with young people’s developmental capacities, emotional needs, and family expectations. VR platforms are increasingly full of young people, even though the experiences were not created with young people’s unique developmental needs in

    Interaction Design and Children Conference 2026

    The Joan Ganz Cooney Center, along with our partners at The GIANT Room, foundry10, and the University of Washington, are pleased to be presenting four different sessions at the 2026 Interaction Design and Children conference, which takes place on June 22– 25, 2026 in Brighton, United Kingdom    Workshop: Frameworks in the Field: Considering Real Life