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A framework for manual 3d input - gesture modeling

People use hand gestures to describe 3 dimensional forms. The air sculpture system enables designers to provide 3 dimensional input using hand motions and gestures. In current 3d design software, designers control a 2d screen pointer, and use buttons and commands to specify three dimensional structure.

The air sculpture system enables gestural 3d input using one or two hands and 2 video cameras to control a 3d pointer in model space. Modeling actions such as'carve away at a solid,' 'rotate an object', could be invoked by gesture in a natural 3D direct manipulation, or air-sculpting. 

Related Publications

  • Digital Sandbox, integrating landform making and analysis for landscape design (2002) [Papers]
  • Gesture Modelling: Using Video to Capture Freehand Modeling Commands, CAAD Futures 33-46 (2001) [Papers]

The Team

Ariel KempMark D Gross

Last modified: 5/19/2008 by Brian R Johnson