An Android Application for Yuya Toyoda, Saori Nakajo, and Tetsuro Kitahara

Our aimSupport of amature theatre

3 difficulties in amature theatreDiff. 1 Difficult for actors to grasp beforehand

what their performance will be like

Diff. 2 Difficult for staff to picture the planin their head

Diff. 3 Difficult to share each performer/staff's image with others

Our solution3D stage visualization function

Lighting / sound simulation function

Information sharing function

Application overview

A popular activity in schoolclubs etc.

Stage areaCheck the stage in 3D CG

Script area

MenuSwitch the control area among: Lighting 1 Lighting 2 Sound Stage Set

Control area

Lighting 1 Lighting 2 Sound Stage set

Control intensity of each light

Automatically reflected in stage area

Edit the time-line of each light's intensity

Edit the time-line of each sound's volume

Put and move objectsin the stage

Objects appear in all shared devices

Stage settings aresynchronized

Play back lighting and sound

You can check & share lighting,

sound, and stage settings

Supporting Amatuer Theatre Nihon University, Japan http://www.kthrlab.jp/

Related works

2

Acting in VR(Slater et al. 2000)

Actors can check their performance in VR space

Bowen Virtual Theatre(Lewis et al. 2003)

Directors can check stage settings in VR space

Virtual Theatre Linked with a Miniature Stage(Hoiruchi et al. 2011)

Multiple people share stage settings with miniature stage on the table

ExperimentsPurpose

Participants

Results

Verify the effectiveness of our application in preparation of an actual performance

Procedure10 daysbefore

Lent tablets with our application1st one-hour meeting (use our application)

2nd one-hour meeting (use our application)7 daysbefore

(Use our application freely)

(Use our application freely)

3rd one-hour meeting (use our application)4 daysbefore

(Use our application freely)

4th one-hour meeting (use our application)1 daybefore

Actual performanceQuestionnaire

LightingSoundStage setActors

Q1 Did it become easier to picture your performance with this function?

Q2 Did this function help you in your performance plan?

Q3 Was this function easy to use?

Fairly goodLow Totally low

Opinion: Simulation on tablets were useful for sharing ideas but sharing through the net sometimes failed

Difficulty 1

Not resolved

Difficulty 2

Partly resolved

Difficulty 3

Partly resolved