Augmented Me - Generating Art through Webcam-Based Motion Tracking
Senior Project: 2010-2011
Disney Online Kerpoof Studios is a Boulder-based company that designs web-based
applications for children. Being a subsidiary of Disney, Inc. they create many
Disney-themed applications. Kerpoof is all about having fun, discovering things,
and being creative.
Virtual reality has become an increasingly larger market, and Kerpoof has
recognized this. To this end they wanted to explore a virtual reality-style
application for children. They wanted to create a webcam application that can
record the movements of a person and attach augmented visual effects to the
image.
Augmented Me provides an application for children to "draw" with their hands or
create interesting and unique animations over themselves and record what they
make. Using filters and algorithms designed to be light on performance
requirements, the application can pinpoint the center of motion and draw an
artistic image on the screen. The application is modularly-constructed to allow
easy extension to additional filters and virtual reality effects.
 Sobel Filter
Convex Hull
Dual Video
Painting
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