3D Platform Model of Glove Puppetry

3D Animation

3D Platform Model of Glove Puppetry

SketchUp + Unity3D

Date

07/2017

Tools

SketchUp • Unity3D • 3D Modeling

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Project Information

  • 3D Model. 07/2017.
  • Performing Action Recognition from EMG/Accelerometer Sensors for Virtual Puppet Shows project.
  • Tools: SketchUp and Unity3D.

Overview

This project presents the 3D platform model built for a virtual glove-puppetry performance system. I developed early model versions in SketchUp and then imported the assets into Unity3D for environment and interaction testing.

Design Iterations

Version 1-1 in Unity Version 1-2 in Unity

Version 2 in Unity

Figure 1. The images above show the 3D platform model built in SketchUp and imported into Unity3D.

Behind the Scenes

Hand reference

Puppet model 3 Puppet model 2 Puppet model 1

Test image 6 Test image 5 Test image 4 Test image 3 Test image 2 Test image 1

Figure 2. Behind-the-scenes images from the early experimental stage of the virtual puppet-show project.