Virtual Marionette demonstration at Noite Europeia dos Investigadores 2013 Lisboa (Parque das Nações)

The participants were able to explore bePuppit system. An experiment to explore different ways to interact with puppets using our body. The players can choose the digital puppet setup with just their hands.

Body motion to control a Dragon figure

Trying several body expressions with the puppets, in this case, a hug.

Two players interacting with the puppets using their hands as puppetry controllers.

the bePuppit setup

Children were attracted to this interactive application

 

Participants explore their bodies trying the best ways to manipulate the puppets

many participants trying to interact at simultaneous, it was hard keep an order 🙂

Hand puppit worked better when there were lots of people near the sensor.

Hand puppit works only with the hands of the puppeteer

Hand puppit also worked better with different sized children because of the simpler calibration

Sometimes it was almost impossible to track the participants because of the number of people near the sensor

When two participants were interacting it was possible to explore dramatic interaction between the puppets.

video of the event