Daily Gadgets, Computer, and Electronics News » puppet http://www.funponsel.com/blog Daily Gadgets, Computer, and Electronics News Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:37:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 “Wayang” Interactive Puppet http://www.funponsel.com/blog/gadgets-toys/wayang-interactive-puppet.html http://www.funponsel.com/blog/gadgets-toys/wayang-interactive-puppet.html#comments Thu, 13 Oct 2005 20:57:34 +0000 cosa http://www.funponsel.com/blog/?p=1095 Digital WayangWayang is a Javanese words for “puppets” or “shadow” or “ghost”. It’s a theatrical perfomance of living actors and accompanied by gamelan music. So-youn Park from the Korea National University of Arts has made “Wayang” Interactive Puppet project, which is a digital version of this Indonesian traditional puppet theater.

The project uses human hand to control the silhouette characters on the screen. Users wear the prepared gloves or color chips (see image below) and put their hands inside a small box with curtains just like the stage.

Digital Wayang

Each puppet has its own personality and reacts differently to stimuli.

View movie (Quicktime) here [1] [2]

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