Meaning of playware | Babel Free

Definitions

children's toys that take the form of electronic hardware or software

uncountable

Examples

“This astonishing breakthrough into the previously dormant market for computer-based playware for girls ushers in a retooling of technology[…]”

“By crafting playware that not only appeals to the needs and desires of postindustrial kids but also tethers the latter to a New Age capitalist imagination, Japan is emerging as a toy maker and toy marketer of millennial times.”

“What is the pedagogical potential of such so-called 'playful media' as computer games, playware, and personalised, location-based media technology (e.g. pervasive games)?”

CEFR level