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Yes. Here's one user interface that should exist but doesnt: marionettes. An old-fashioned marionette lets the puppeteer control all four limbs, swivel the pup
by danohuiginn 18y ago
Yes. Here's one user interface that should exist but doesnt: marionettes.
An old-fashioned marionette lets the puppeteer control all four limbs, swivel the puppet, and move it in three dimensions - using only one hand.
Connect that to a console and you have a killer game interface.
Alternatively, pitch it at high-end CAD people, and all those little tech shops doing work for Hollywood.
I have no hardware background, so no idea how tricky this is technically. But, conceptually, it seem like a no-brainer.
- robfitz 18y agothere were a couple working builds of this at georgia tech while i was there. they had one that was, in fact, a marionette. and one of the other fuzzwich guys (devin) built a similar thing using computer vision and hand puppets. both were hooked up to control characters in the unreal engine (primarily for machinima, but you could sorta play the game with it too). it's fun, fast, and kids adore it. so yea, definitely work being done in this area, and what has been made thus far is certainly compelling. nothing commercial that i know of, though.
- danohuiginn 18y agoFascinating, thanks. Here's a link I tracked down, in case anyone else is interested: http://synlab.gatech.edu/data/papers/mazalek_ace2007_tui3d.pdf http://synlab.gatech.edu/data/papers/mazalek_ace2007_tui3d.p...
- robfitz 18y agocool, glad you found something. for the sake of completion, here are some details & videos on the puppet show i mentioned: http://hailpixel.com/puppetshow/ http://hailpixel.com/puppetshow/