Poster: RealDance: An exploration of 3D spatial interfaces for dancing games

Author

Charbonneau, Emiko ; Miller, Andrew ; Wingrave, Chadwick A. ; LaViola, Joseph J., Jr.

Author_Institution

Interactive Syst. & User Experience (ISUE) Lab., Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL

fYear

2009

fDate

14-15 March 2009

Firstpage

141

Lastpage

142

Abstract

We present RealDance, a prototype video game for exploring spatial 3D interaction for dance-based gaming and instruction. Our interface uses four Nintendo Wii remotes and is independent of buttons, floor position, cameras, or sensor bars so the user is untethered, allowing for natural, full-body motion. Our range of detectable movements includes stationary poses, punches, kicks, claps and stomps, which are scored in the context of the dance routine. We describe our initial experiments in interface design, gesture evaluation and scoring, and user experience, which reveals interesting new areas for 3D spatial interaction research related to creating an dasiaidealpsila dance game.

Keywords

computer games; computer graphics; user interfaces; 3D spatial interface; RealDance; dance-based gaming; dance-based instruction; gesture evaluation; gesture scoring; interface design; video game; Bars; Cameras; Games; Hardware; Interactive systems; Motion control; Motion detection; Physics computing; Prototypes; Tracking; I.6.3 [Computing Methodologies]: Methodologies and Techniques—Interaction Techniques; K.8 [Computing Milieux]: Personal Computing—Games;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

3D User Interfaces, 2009. 3DUI 2009. IEEE Symposium on

Conference_Location

Lafayette, LA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3965-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/3DUI.2009.4811226

Filename

4811226