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‘Iron Man’-like abilities via design tool created by Purdue researchers | Journal and Courier | jconline.com
In a current movie blockbuster, “Iron Man 3,†the titular hero can be seen working in his lab, using only hand gestures to move, create and manipulate 3-D images with the help of movie magic and a CGI supercomputer. At Purdue University, researchers...
‘Makers’ 3-D print shapes created using new design tool, bare hands
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A new design tool interprets hand gestures, enabling designers and artists to create and modify three-dimensional shapes using only their hands as a “natural user interface” instead of keyboard and mouse. The tool, called...
Shape-It-Up: Hand Gesture Based Creative Expression of 3D Shapes Using Intelligent Generalized Cylinders
Abstract: We present a novel interaction system, “Shape-It-Upâ€Â, for creative expression of 3D shapes through the naturalistic integration of human hand gestures with a modeling scheme dubbed intelligent generalized cylinders (IGC). To achieve this...

