Kinect は、「ピュグマリオン伝説」 を実現する!? #AR #kinect

人形に息をふきかけると、動き出す...というわけにはいかないが、この猿のぬいぐるみを使ったでデモはそれに近いものを予感させる。

An interactive installation by Ralph Kistler & Jan M. Sieber.

MONKEY BUSINESS BONUS TRACK: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3TNa2pKU5g

"Monkey Business" is an interactive installation where a cuddly toy monkey hangs on the wall like a Jumping Jack and apes the gestures of the user. 
The system consists of a tracking camera sensor (Microsoft XBox Kinect) on top of the toy monkey for tracking the visitor's movements, a hidden computer to analyze and convert the tracking data (OpenNI Framework, osceleton, OSC), a programming patch (Processing) to process the data into movement angles and send it to a microcontroller board (Arduino) inside the toy's body, which controls ten servo motors attached to a metal sceleton and in this way moves the ape's arms, legs, head and body. The flexible suspension of the ape in combination with fast responding motors allow an astonishing quick-witted behavior and a tempting interaction experience for the user. 
All technical devices are covered in order to facilitate a direct communication between the visitor and the soft toy. 
The work reflects in a playful way the problem of real natural interaction and states an ironic comment about the present art business through this iconic monkey figure.

A project by Ralph Kistler & Jan M. Sieber. Film: Susann Maria Hempel.
Documentary Production: www.interactions.cc

For more information please visit http://www.subtours.com/cms/node/76

MONKEY BUSINESS BONUS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3TNa2pKU5g

(via YouTube)