KinectArms: A toolkit for capturing and displaying arm embodiments in distributed tabletop groupware

Gestures are a ubiquitous part of human communication over tables, but when tables are distributed, gestures become difficult to capture and represent. There are several problems: extracting arm images from video, representing the height of the gesture, and making the arm embodiment visible and unde...

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Main Authors: GENEST, Aaron, GUTWIN, Carl, TANG, Anthony, KALYN, Michael, IVKOVIC, Zenja
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spelling sg-smu-ink.sis_research-89952023-08-15T01:50:31Z KinectArms: A toolkit for capturing and displaying arm embodiments in distributed tabletop groupware GENEST, Aaron GUTWIN, Carl TANG, Anthony KALYN, Michael IVKOVIC, Zenja Gestures are a ubiquitous part of human communication over tables, but when tables are distributed, gestures become difficult to capture and represent. There are several problems: extracting arm images from video, representing the height of the gesture, and making the arm embodiment visible and understandable at the remote table. Current solutions to these problems are often expensive, complex to use, and difficult to set up. We have developed a new toolkit - KinectArms - that quickly and easily captures and displays arm embodiments. KinectArms uses a depth camera to segment the video and determine gesture height, and provides several visual effects for representing arms, showing gesture height, and enhancing visibility. KinectArms lets designers add rich arm embodiments to their systems without undue cost or development effort, greatly improving the expressiveness and usability of distributed tabletop groupware. 2013-02-01T08:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/7992 info:doi/10.1145/2441776.2441796 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/8995/viewcontent/2441776.2441796.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Distributed tabletops Embodiments Gestures Toolkits Graphics and Human Computer Interfaces
institution Singapore Management University
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Singapore
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topic Distributed tabletops
Embodiments
Gestures
Toolkits
Graphics and Human Computer Interfaces
spellingShingle Distributed tabletops
Embodiments
Gestures
Toolkits
Graphics and Human Computer Interfaces
GENEST, Aaron
GUTWIN, Carl
TANG, Anthony
KALYN, Michael
IVKOVIC, Zenja
KinectArms: A toolkit for capturing and displaying arm embodiments in distributed tabletop groupware
description Gestures are a ubiquitous part of human communication over tables, but when tables are distributed, gestures become difficult to capture and represent. There are several problems: extracting arm images from video, representing the height of the gesture, and making the arm embodiment visible and understandable at the remote table. Current solutions to these problems are often expensive, complex to use, and difficult to set up. We have developed a new toolkit - KinectArms - that quickly and easily captures and displays arm embodiments. KinectArms uses a depth camera to segment the video and determine gesture height, and provides several visual effects for representing arms, showing gesture height, and enhancing visibility. KinectArms lets designers add rich arm embodiments to their systems without undue cost or development effort, greatly improving the expressiveness and usability of distributed tabletop groupware.
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author GENEST, Aaron
GUTWIN, Carl
TANG, Anthony
KALYN, Michael
IVKOVIC, Zenja
author_facet GENEST, Aaron
GUTWIN, Carl
TANG, Anthony
KALYN, Michael
IVKOVIC, Zenja
author_sort GENEST, Aaron
title KinectArms: A toolkit for capturing and displaying arm embodiments in distributed tabletop groupware
title_short KinectArms: A toolkit for capturing and displaying arm embodiments in distributed tabletop groupware
title_full KinectArms: A toolkit for capturing and displaying arm embodiments in distributed tabletop groupware
title_fullStr KinectArms: A toolkit for capturing and displaying arm embodiments in distributed tabletop groupware
title_full_unstemmed KinectArms: A toolkit for capturing and displaying arm embodiments in distributed tabletop groupware
title_sort kinectarms: a toolkit for capturing and displaying arm embodiments in distributed tabletop groupware
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2013
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/7992
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/8995/viewcontent/2441776.2441796.pdf
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