MagicPAPER: An Integrated Shadow-Art Hardware Device Enabling Touch Interaction on Kraft paper

Abstract

As the most common writing material in our daily life, paper is an important carrier of traditional painting, and it also has a more comfortable physical touch than electronic screens. In this study, we designed a shadow-art device for human--computer interaction called MagicPAPER, which is based on physical touch detection, gesture recognition, and reality projection. MagicPAPER consists of a pen, kraft paper, and several detection devices, such as AirBar, Kinect, LeapMotion, and WebCam. To make our MagicPAPER more interesting, we developed thirteen applications that allow users to experience and explore creative interactions on a desktop with a pen and a piece of paper.