TR96-27

ACTIVE: Abstract Creative Tools for Interactive Video Environments

    •  Chloe M. Chao, Flavia Sparacino, Alex Pentland, Joe Marks, "ACTIVE: Abstract Creative Tools for Interactive Video Environments", Tech. Rep. TR96-27, Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Cambridge, MA, October 1996.
      BibTeX TR96-27 PDF
      • @techreport{MERL_TR96-27,
      • author = {Chloe M. Chao, Flavia Sparacino, Alex Pentland, Joe Marks},
      • title = {ACTIVE: Abstract Creative Tools for Interactive Video Environments},
      • institution = {MERL - Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories},
      • address = {Cambridge, MA 02139},
      • number = {TR96-27},
      • month = oct,
      • year = 1996,
      • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR96-27/}
      • }
Abstract:

Full-body, unencumbered, gestural interfaces offer new possibilities for computer painting tools. However, traditional painting metaphors and current gestural input technology are not well suited to one another; the user cannot be tracked with sufficient accuracy to support brush-like or pen-like painting. Our approach to this problem has been to interpose different layers of abstraction between input gestures and painting actions. We illustrate this approach with two sample applications implemented in the context of the MIT Media Lab\'s Interactive Video Environment.