This paper explores the integration of casting methods, specifically audition, within theoretical framework motion capture technology for preservation and safeguarding traditional martial arts. Traditional arts performances hold immense cultural value, their accurate representation is crucial to ensure intangible heritage. However, use introduces risks, such as potential loss critical metadata,...

Handheld Augmented Reality (AR) is expected to provide ergonomic, intuitive user interfaces for untrained users. Yet no comparative study has evaluated these assumptions against more traditional user interfaces for an education task. In this paper we compare the suitability of a handheld AR arts-history learning game against more traditional variants. We present results from a user study that d...

This paper describes Cross-talk, a piece of music and performance system for two instruments augmented with infrared motion-tracking capability, and an artificial software improviser. Cross-talk was commissioned by the Ammerman Center for Arts and Technology at Connecticut College, for the 13th Biennial Symposium on Arts and Technology. The work is part of an ongoing collaboration focused on de...

The State University of New York at Potsdam, with support from Lockheed Martin, has developed a multidisciplinary program intended to foster creative thinking by combining studies in the arts, humanities, and STEM fields. The College has a long tradition of innovative education in the arts, natural and social sciences, computer science, and mathematics. Thi E approach will support the developme...

In the following we make the case for a new course for introducing computer science in the liberal arts classroom. The course is related to breadthfirst computer science, but is aimed at developing a broad course suitable for non-majors to gain a comprehensive overview of computer science beyond its algorithmic and mathematic fundamentals. One of the aims of the libreral arts philosphy is to pr...

Taijiquan is quintessence of Chinese traditional martial arts culture, is a treasure in Chinese culture, having developed in China for several hundred years, and is a kind of sports events that can build one’s body and be beneficial to vital energy as well as prolong life. As quintessence of China’s martial arts, Taijiquan development status in China still has large room to develop. The paper m...