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MoveableMaker: Facilitating the Design, Generation, and Assembly of Moveable Papercraft

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Michelle Annett,

George FitzmauriceAuthors Info & Claims

UIST '15: Proceedings of the 28th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software & Technology

Pages 565 - 574

https://doi.org/10.1145/2807442.2807483

Published: 05 November 2015 Publication History

Abstract

In this work, we explore moveables, i.e., interactive papercraft that harness user interaction to generate visual effects. First, we present a survey of children's books that captured the state of the art of moveables. The results of this survey were synthesized into a moveable taxonomy and informed MoveableMaker, a new tool to assist users in designing, generating, and assembling moveable papercraft. MoveableMaker supports the creation and customization of a number of moveable effects and employs moveable-specific features including animated tooltips, automatic instruction generation, constraint-based rendering, techniques to reduce material waste, and so on. To understand how MoveableMaker encourages creativity and enhances the workflow when creating moveables, a series of exploratory workshops were conducted. The results of these explorations, including the content participants created and their impressions, are discussed, along with avenues for future research involving moveables.

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MoveableMaker: Facilitating the Design, Generation, and Assembly of Moveable Papercraft
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Interaction design
    1. Interaction design process and methods
      1. Interface design prototyping
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software notations and tools
    1. Development frameworks and environments
      1. Integrated and visual development environments

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UIST '15: Proceedings of the 28th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software & Technology

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DOI:10.1145/2807442

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