Title
DiamondTheater: A System for Reproducing Theater and Supporting Creative Activities
Abstract
This paper describes a system called DiamondTheater that supports creative activities in theater using a tabletop tangible interface. This system is used to aid in the planning of certain aspects of theater production, such as actor positioning, and sound and lighting cues. Without having some considerable experience in production, it is difficult to create a mental picture of an actual production. Thus, a miniature theatrical stage is reproduced on the tabletop surface to facilitate the user's creation of such a picture and the sharing of ideas. Users collaboratively construct a stage by placing small dolls to represent actors and many kinds of miniature stage sets. In addition, the system allows users to reproduce other aspects of theater production such as sound and lighting. We performed a user study of this system and demonstrated that DiamondTheater appears to effectively assist the user's activity in theater production design.
Year
DOI
Venue
2009
10.1007/978-3-642-02583-9_46
HCI (4)
Keywords
Field
DocType
miniature theatrical stage,theater production,tabletop tangible interface,actor positioning,user study,creative activities,miniature stage set,theater production design,tabletop surface,actual production,mental picture,reproducing theater,product design
Computer science,Mental image,Human–computer interaction,Multimedia
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
5613
0302-9743
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.37
9
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Tatsushi Takeuchi110.37
Koichiro Watanabe210.37
Tomoo Inoue335247.23
Ken-Ichi Okada412016.43