Creative engagement in interactive immersive environments
2008; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 19; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/14626260802312590
ISSN1744-3806
Autores Tópico(s)Tactile and Sensory Interactions
ResumoAbstract This paper presents two independent case studies selected from n = 11, an 11-year-old male with Down's Syndrome and another 12-year-old male with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD). An audiovisual immersive interactive environment was developed to encourage creative interaction and expression from the participants. The feedback was via a microphone attached to a sound processor to capture any vocal utterances or speech, additionally the child's gestures were captured through a digital camera and mapped to computer vision algorithms to create a 'moving painting', and then further to a MIDI sound source that responded to the movements of the child. Results indicated increased engagement spans whilst in the environment, atypical communicative responses in the case of the ASD child; highly expressive gestural movements that vividly illustrated aspects of the theory of movement as postulated by Laban (1963) and Laban and Lawrence (1974); and increased vocal utterances. Keywords: expressive gestureengagementinteractionmultisensory environments Notes www.informus.dist.unige.it Alesis Airsynth™-www.alesis.com www.korg.com The Aura Interactor was originally developed for use with computer games but is no longer manufactured. http://www.dfki.de/∼kipp/anvil http://www.unige.ch/fapse/emotion/resmaterial//GAQ_English.pdf
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