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Empty-handed Gesture Analysis in Max/FTS

Axel G. E. Mulder, S. Sidney Fels and Kenji Mase
ATR Media Integration and Communications laboratories
Seika-cho, Soraku-gun, Kyoto, 619-02 Japan
{mulder, fels}@mic.atr.co.jp

Abstract:

We have developed objects for the computation of human movement primitives within Max/FTS, believing that it will lead to gestural interfaces that will reduce the cognitive load for simultaneous multidimensional control tasks such as in sound design. Focussing on empty-handed gestures for a shape manipulation task called sound sculpting, where shape description parameters are mapped to timbral parameters, we have programmed Max/FTS objects for interfacing serial peripheral devices such as sensors, objects for geometric and kinematic computation and objects for the computation of features of human body parts.

Motivation
Relevant gestures
Implementation
New Max/FTS objects
Application
Summary and Conclusions
References
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Axel Mulder
Mon Aug 4 17:33:42 JST 1997