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Whole Body Interaction: The Future of the Human Body - Workshop Report

Report by David England

Summary

The workshop ran as planned with twenty delegates. The planned outcomes of the workshop website, presentations, discussions and positions papers were achieved. A range of topics were discussed leading to future research questions in Whole Body Interaction. Some future activities in terms of events and publication have been proposed. There are some lessons for workshop organization, namely pre-workshop activities and handling video material.

Activities

The Whole Body Interaction workshop ran over two days with a first day of planned keynote presentations and a second day of group discussions around the workshop themes. Twenty people attended and the majority submitted position papers. Delegate and presenters were also asked to make entries in the workshop blog created at the Digital Arts and Humanities community site (http://www.arts-humanities.net/digital_body) prior to the event. The position papers are listed as an appendix.

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Disciplines

  • General

Methods

  • Data Analysis - Motion analysis
  • Data Capture - Digital motion capture
  • Data Structuring and enhancement - 3d modelling - vector
  • Practice-led Research - 3d modelling - vector
  • Practice-led Research - Digital moving image capture
  • Practice-led Research - Virtual world modelling