Monkeying With Reality
Thursday, 12 August
8:30 - 10:15 am
Room 515B
Session Chair: Joanna Berzowska, XS Labs

Imitation and Social Intelligence for Synthetic Characters Max, an anthropomorphic animated mouse, is able to observe the actions he sees his friend Morris Mouse performing and compare them to the actions he knows how to perform himself. Daphna Buchsbaum Synthetic Characters Group, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab daphna (at) media.mit.edu Bruce Blumberg Synthetic Characters Group, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab
3D Character Extension for Stop-Motion Puppets Creating human-like and expressive eye and upper facial movement by employing a 3D digital character extension for stop-motion puppet monkeys. Melanie Beisswenger Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg melanie.beisswenger (at) web.de
X-Ray Window: Portable Visualization on the International Space Station With this application, ISS crew members will utilize graphical tablets and augmented reality eyewear to "see through" the walls of station modules to other modules' interiors and the station exterior. William W. White Southern Illinois University wwhite (at) siue.edu
BLADESHIPS: An Interactive Attraction in Mixed Reality BLADESHIPS, a new type of interactive attraction in a mixed-reality environment, is a game in which players compete by controlling belt-shaped flying virtual objects in a real room. Masayuki Takemura University of Tsukuba takemura (at) image.esys.tsukuba.ac.jp Shungo Haraguchi Yuichi Ohta University of Tsukuba