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Ars Electronica Center
Kobito – Virtual Brownies
Takafumi Aoki (JP)
This work features tiny virtual creatures that look like imps. Viewers can’t recognize the virtual Kobitos with the naked eye; instead, they have to observe their activities through a so-called Kobito window. The little critters can’t be touched; nevertheless, they are able to interact with real objects. For instance, Kobitos can move a real tea can sitting atop a table.
In the Augmented Reality installation, visitors can interact with virtual
figures by moving real objects.
T. Aoki, H. Mitake, H. Ichikawa, K. Asano, R. Ayukawa, T. Kuriyama,
T. Kawase, T. Matsushita, T. Toyama, I. Matsumura, Y. Iio, S. Hasegawa, M. Sato
http://rogiken.org, supported by: Tokyo Institute of Technology
Source: rubra
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