Create a puppet play and interative digital models with leap Motion

Abstract

Puppet play is often seen in many countries as a type of traditional show, which is a form of theater or performance that involves the control of puppets. The actors rely on the story outline and add their own creative improvisation to complete a perfect performance. Recently, this traditional show is becoming less popular due to their high cost such as professional stage, expensive puppets and the preparation time for a show. In this paper, we propose a method that user can play a puppet show on computer. The Leap Motion will catch user's hand gesture and show result of controlling puppet in computer screen. User can choose different puppets, scenes and music in our system. Anyone can play a puppet show easily by themselves.