Using a Kinect interface to develop an interactive 3D tabletop display

Cenydd, L; Hughes, CJ; Roberts, JC; Walker, R

Abstract

Since the release of the motion picture ’Minority Report’ in 2002, which depicts Tom Cruise interacting with
a video display using only hand gestures, there has been a significant interest in the development of intelligent
display technology, that users are able to interact with using gestures. In the real world it is common place for us
to use gestures and body language to re-enforce our communication. It therefore becomes very natural for us to
want to interact with our virtual media in the same way.
Traditional methods for pose recognition involve using cameras to track the position of the user. However this can
be very challenging to complete acurately in a variety of environments where camera can become occluded or the
lighting conditions can change. In this research we prototyped a 3D tabletop display and explored the Kinect game
controller as a possible solution to tracking the pose and gesture of a user whilst interacting with our display.

Citation

Cenydd, L., Hughes, C., Roberts, J., & Walker, R. (2011, April). Using a Kinect interface to develop an interactive 3D tabletop display. Poster presented at Eurographics 2011-Posters, Llandudno, Wales

• Presentation Conference Type: Poster
• Conference Name: Eurographics 2011-Posters
• Conference Location: Llandudno, Wales
• Start Date: Apr 11, 2011
• End Date: Apr 15, 2011
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2011
• Deposit Date: Feb 18, 2019
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.2312/EG2011/posters/041-042
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.2312/EG2011/posters/041-042
• Additional Information: Additional Information : ISSN: 1017-4656; Event Type : Conference