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Interactive sculpture art
Originally intended as a home entertainment system, the Kinect also offers interesting opportunities for use in public space, as is demonstrated on an interactive urban screen at the Biennale event in Venice. "The Bridge" allows passersby to experience 8 games, presented by the Dutch initiative Dropstuff. A similar screen is positioned in Amsterdam, letting the two participants play against each other. The games can be played instantly by posing for a Kinect sensor. The interface to control this game is not simply a hands-free replacement of an existing controller, it truly integrates the unique features of the Kinect device into the gameplay. One of the games is "Instant Sculpture Garden". The game challenges participants to pose like famous sculptures. By assignment or in freestyle mode. The Kinect calculates the match between the live skeleton and a database of well known and lesser known sculptures. The physical interaction brings the static world of sculpture art to life. It allow people to feel what it's like to stand frozen in a typical Giacometti pose. And while pondering about the characteristic aspects of the Statue of Liberty, participants shouldn't be surprised when Rodin's The Thinker might appear instead.
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Dropstuff "The Bridge" at the Venice Biennale 2013
Interactive sculpture art
Originally intended as a home entertainment system, the Kinect also offers interesting opportunities for use in public space, as is demonstrated on an interactive urban screen at the Biennale event in Venice. "The Bridge" allows passersby to experience 8 games, presented by the Dutch initiative Dropstuff. A similar screen is positioned in Amsterdam, letting the two participants play against each other. The games can be played instantly by posing for a Kinect sensor. The interface to control this game is not simply a hands-free replacement of an existing controller, it truly integrates the unique features of the Kinect device into the gameplay. One of the games is "Instant Sculpture Garden". The game challenges participants to pose like famous sculptures. By assignment or in freestyle mode. The Kinect calculates the match between the live skeleton and a database of well known and lesser known sculptures. The physical interaction brings the static world of sculpture art to life. It allow people to feel what it's like to stand frozen in a typical Giacometti pose. And while pondering about the characteristic aspects of the Statue of Liberty, participants shouldn't be surprised when Rodin's The Thinker might appear instead.
sndrv.nl/instantsculpturegarden
Dropstuff "The Bridge" at the Venice Biennale 2013