This study examines whether the Internet of Toys (IoToys) (de)limits children's make-believe play and whether the functionality and manipulatives offered by the IoToys serve as motivational pleasure (tactile, virtual and visual) for children to engage in make-believe play. Combining Piagetian and Vygotskian ideas of play as a unity of cognition and social context, we consider IoToys as a motivational conduit for children's symbolic actions that leads to make-believe play. Qualitative methodology was employed using observations of young children at home when interacting with IoToys (total n = 10 families) from England (n = 5 families) and Australia (n = 5 families). Data showed that children's interaction does not limit the development of their make-believe play as they engage in imitation schemata and create imaginative situations within and beyond the intended pre-programmed functions of the IoToy. To conclude, it is argued that instead of differentiating virtual and physical play, we should (re)think play with multimodal playscape lenses.

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玩具互联网的虚构游戏：多模式游戏场景的案例

本研究调查了玩具互联网 (IoToys) (de) 是否限制了儿童的假想游戏，以及 IoToys 提供的功能和操作是否可以作为儿童参与假想游戏的动机愉悦（触觉、虚拟和视觉） . 结合皮亚杰和维果茨基的游戏理念，作为认知和社会背景的统一体，我们将 IoToys 视为儿童象征性行为的激励渠道，从而导致假想游戏。定性的方法与IoToys交互（总使用时，幼儿的观察在家中使用ñ 英格兰（= 10个家庭）ñ  = 5个科）和澳大利亚（ñ = 5 个家庭）。数据显示，儿童的互动不会限制他们虚构游戏的发展，因为他们参与模仿图式并在 IoToy 的预期预编程功能内外创造想象情境。总而言之，有人认为，与其区分虚拟和物理游戏，我们应该（重新）思考多模式游戏场景镜头的游戏。