Kinect with Klay

Embodied interaction for participation in the historical

process of decorating artifacts composed of phyllosilicate

minerals containing variable amounts of water trapped in the

mineral structure.

Study by: Laurie MarionErica PenkNachiketas Ramanujam

Erica Penk• Producer• Lead Animation and 3D Modeling

Laurie Marion• Historian & Research• Animation & Sketching

Nachiketas Ramanujam• Lead user experience design• Scripting

Illustrations by Roy S. Dickens, Jr. Reproduced from Frontiers in the Soil: The Archaeology of Georgia

The Process of Making Pots

Southeast Coast of the American Colonies, drawn by Samuel Urlsperger, 1747Georgia Historical Society Map Collection, #112 GCCL, from the Delores Boisfeuillet Collection

A Yamasee woman

Tomichichi, a Yamacraw chief and his nephew

Native Americans in Coastal Georgia

Stamp Patterns

Source: www.brockington.org

Source: http://cherokeenational.blogspot.com

Source: http://thesga.org

Source: http://scnapr.info/pottery

Stallings Island Pottery

Source: http://madpotter-oldcanalpottery.blogspot.com/

Technical Challenges

• Coding for the Kinect such that it works with Unity

• Mapping the arm motion from 3d space to the 2d image

Look and Feel

• Native American aesthetic• Caters to kids• Cute raccoon guiding character