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A Case Study of Digital Preservation of Motion Capture for Bā Jiā Jiāng Performance, Taiwan Religious Performing Arts

2018; Springer Science+Business Media; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/978-3-030-01765-1_12

1611-3349

Yun-Sheng Syu, Li-o Chen, Yu-Fang Tu,

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Bā Jiā Jiāng (eight generals) are performers painted their faces, playing four generals Gan, Liu, Xie, Fan, and the Four Seasons God and other characters. When the celebration festival parade, as Lord God’s the guardian team. It is an intangible cultural heritage of Taiwan’s important religious and performing arts. This project sponsored by Bureau of Cultural Heritage, Ministry of Culture (BOCH), Taiwan in 2017, the subject of study was Sheng De Temple, a traditional Bā Jiā Jiāng troupe of Beigang, Yunlin, Taiwan. The project uses optical motion capture technology to digitalize two Bā Jiā Jiāng actors performing in the parade and square, recording to three-dimensional digital motion information, and creating virtual reality software to present the results of technological applications. This is a interdisciplinary integrated project that includes religious folklore, performing arts, and digital technology.