A demo and poster of Mani-pull-action was shown at the Austin|Portugal Annual Conference at UNL Lisboa on May 23rd and 24th, 2016.

For this exhibition Mani-pull-action was shown inside a paper theatre or Kamishibai as a physical connection or metaphor for the art of puppetry. The participants were invited to manipulate different puppets with their hands and experiment digital puppetry.

Each puppet required a different level of dexterity simulating direct and indirect manipulation with physics and inverse kinematics approaches. The participants could also play with virtual cameras and lights using a touch device with a set of controls.

This was another contribution for disseminating digital puppetry among the community and try to attract more enthusiasts to this form of art.