Project Number
- 174
Title
- Cyber Bunraku
Description
- Experimental computer animation of traditional Japanese puppetry.
Contact
- Kiyoshi Arai
Affiliation
- Hitachi, Ltd.
Address
- Central Research Laboratory
- 1-280 Higashi Koigakubo, Kokubunji
- Tokyo 185, Japan
- 1-280 Higashi Koigakubo, Kokubunji
- arai@crl.hitachi.co.jp
WWW
Year
- 1997
Reference
- SIGGRAPH 97 Visual Proceedings
Project Details
- Bunraku is a traditional form of Japanese puppetry in which a puppet is manipulated by three puppeteers - one for facial expressions, the other two for body movements.
- Cyber Bunraku is an experimental system that supports the manipulation of CG characters in real time. A facial expression tracker is used by facial performer, while the puppeteering device for body movement is used by the traditional Bunraku puppeteer. In concert the two performers create the 3D CG character's movements, behaviors, and emotions, allowing the audience to enjoy a brand-new traditional art form.
Sight
- graphics workstation, projection display
Sound
- amplified sound
Touch
- Bunraku puppetry device
Smell
Taste
Other
Emergence
- 1 - Innovation, Custom, Research
Intent
- 2 - Technique (paradigm, human)
Primary
- 208 - animation
Secondary
- 105 - emerging technology
Remarks
- The system was developed by Hitachi, Ltd., and Fuji Television Network, Inc.
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