Publication Type
Conference Proceeding Article
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
5-2011
Abstract
Sand animation is a performance art technique in which an artist tells stories by creating animated images with sand. Inspired by this medium, we have developed a new multitouch digital artistic medium named SandCanvas that simplifies the creation of sand animations. SandCanvas also goes beyond traditional sand animation with tools for mixing sand animation with video and replicating recorded free-form hand gestures. In this paper, we analyze common sand animation hand gestures, present SandCanvas’s intuitive UI, and describe implementation challenges we encountered. We also present an evaluation with professional and novice artists that shows the importance and unique affordances of this new medium.
Keywords
Sand animation, multitouch, tabletop computing, creativity
Discipline
Software Engineering
Research Areas
Software Systems
Publication
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '11)
First Page
1283
Last Page
1292
ISBN
9781450302289
Identifier
10.1145/1978942.1979133
Publisher
ACM
City or Country
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Citation
Kazi, Rubaiat Habib, Chua Kien Chuan, Zhao Shengdong, Richard Davis, and Low Kok-Lim. 2011. SandCanvas: A Multi-touch Art Medium Inspired by Sand Animation. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '11), 1283-1292. New York: ACM. doi:10.1145/1978942.1979133
Creative Commons License
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Additional URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1978942.1979133