Poster: Bimanual design of deformable objects thanks to the multi-tool visual metaphor
Morgan Le Chénéchal, Maud Marchal, Bruno Arnaldi · 2014
We introduce a novel visual interaction paradigm called the “Multi-tool” dedicated to the design of virtual deformable objects. Our approach proposes an interaction multi-tool metaphor that enables various types of interaction with deformable objects using a tool with a generic real handle and interchangeable virtual tips. Our bimanual control scheme allows a large amount of interaction possibilities as for real object design applications. Preliminary subjective evaluation by users shows that our approach can reproduce natural real hand gestures and the manipulation of many different tools in an intuitive way. The multi-tool interaction paradigm could thus be used in a wide range of applications involving the design or the shape modification of deformable objects such as for virtual prototyping, medical simulators or artistic projects.