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Sympathetic interfaces: using a plush toy to direct synthetic characters

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Michael Patrick Johnson,

Andrew Wilson,

Bruce Blumberg,

Christopher Kline,

Aaron BobickAuthors Info & Claims

CHI '99: Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Pages 152 - 158

https://doi.org/10.1145/302979.303028

Published: 01 May 1999 Publication History

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We introduce the concept of a sympathetic inter$ace for controlling an animated synthetic character in a 3D virtual environment. A plush doll embedded with wireless sensors is used to manipulate the virtual character in an iconic and intentional manner. The interface extends from the novel physical input device through interpretation of sensor data to the behavioral brain of the virtual character. We discuss the design of the interface and focus on its latest instantiation in the Swamped! exhibit at SIGGRAPH 98. We also present what we learned from hundreds of casual users, who ranged from young children to adults.

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