The QUMA (pronounced Cooma), from Japanese company SoftEther, works kind of like those 3D wooden mannequins that artists often pose when sketching the human body. Except that the QUMA connects to your PC over USB, and the majority of the puppets’ joints feature sensors that not only detect when they’ve been moved and adjusted, but also translate those movements to the character in your 3D software.
Japan-based SoftEther has developed a 3D motion-capture figure to create computer graphics and animations in 3D. Known as the QUMA, this human-like doll has a set of joints throughout its body, all of which are equipped with sensors and can be moved freely by the user. The QUMA motion capture puppet is ideal for designers and engineers to create 3D CG animation. Watch the video after the jump.
Interactive Puppet Theater makes users control digital puppet on the screen using their own hands. The Silhouette Character has the strong self-projection and the symbolism.
User can easily control puppet on the screen by wearing the prepared globes or color chips and putting his/her hands inside a small box with curtains just like the stage.
Using the theatrical expression from simplistic movement of the puppet that is made from computational codes, and the hands and the fingers that are one of the most intimate interfaces of human being, we can re-illuminate the artistic form, named puppet show in digital media.
