xoxo
2022
Team Project
University of Edinburgh
Service: Educational Spaces | Electronic Design | Glass Blowing | Furniture Making | Glass Casting | Soldering
XOXO is an interactive lighting game installation developed by Daniel Torres and myself for our electronics course. Inspired by Tic-Tac-Toe, the project features a 3x3 grid of glass boxes embedded into a custom table. Powered by Arduino, the system uses a button console to trigger dynamic light sequences across various modes, including single-player, two-player, and player-vs-NPC. Players compete to form a row of three by strategically illuminating the grid with their assigned colors.
Designed for a kid’s rooms, museums, and Montessori schools, XOXO transforms furniture into a responsive environment that encourages social play. By shifting the classic game into an interactive medium, it fosters memory and color association in younger players.
Tic-Tac-Toe is scientifically recognised for developing logico-mathematical. When players navigate the 3x3 grid, they improve visual tracking and perceptual skills that are foundational for reading.
Our glass interactive tic-tac-toe game…
can be played with one player or multiple players.
restarts the game by itself so players can play multiple rounds.
is easily portable and can be played anywhere - in a museum, a cafe, at school or at home!
can be played in multiple colour variations.
can be played in the dark.
can be played by users of all ages!
