MobiSpray: mobile phone as virtual spray can for painting BIG anytime anywhere on anything

  • Authors:
  • Jürgen Scheible;Timo Ojala

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Art and Design Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland;University of Oulu, Finland

  • Venue:
  • ACM SIGGRAPH 2009 Art Gallery
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

This paper presents MobiSpray, a novel interactive art tool for creating ubiquitous ephemeral digital art. The mobile phone is employed as a virtual spray can to spray dabs of digital paint onto the physical environment via large-scale projections. The gesture-based control of the mobile phone provides a natural pointing mechanism for the virtual spray can. Experiences from extensive field use around the world testify in favor of a successful design. Most importantly, MobiSpray liberates and empowers the artist to change the environment via large-scale artistic expressions.