Designing digital puppetry systems: guidelines and best practices

Authors:
Seth Hunter;Pattie Maes
Affiliations:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA;Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA
Venue:
CHI '13 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Year:
2013

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Abstract

This instructive video presents guidelines and best practices for designers of digital puppetry systems by demonstrating four common setups and illustrating the benefits and limitations of each approach. Practical suggestions and humorous examples of green-screening techniques, digital composition, using rod puppets and using a Kinect camera are included to illustrate the possibilities and pitfalls of real-time animation for HCI designers interested in using computer vision to support creative expression with physical objects.