"Schlusslicht": An Ambient Display to Keep Kids and Parents in the Loop When Managing Playing Time and Disengaging From Games

Ending a gaming session can be challenging for children and parents/guardians. Although many tools exist to monitor and restrict playtime, many do not adequately communicate session progress to children, and do not efectively involve guardians in the process. This is a missed opportunity for families to develop media literacy, and can also lead to conficts and fghts about playtime. To open up conversation about playtime management as a shared responsibility between children and guardians, we present “Schlusslicht” – an ambient display that seeks to facilitate a shared awareness of progression of a gaming session and remaining time between guardians and children, and can be leveraged to further explore how we can best support children when disengaging from play sessions.