Monday, December 20, 2010

Reading #22. Plushie: An Interactive Design system for Plush Toys (Mori, Igarashi)

COMMENTS:

SUMMARY:

Plushie is an interactive system that allows novice users to design plush toys by creating 2D patterns. Plushie has a pen-based interface that allows users to create a model of a 3D plush toy by sketching a silhouette. Users are also able to edit the model (i.e. cut and add parts to the model) using the pen.

DISCUSSION:

Like Teddy, Plushie is another excellent example of how pen-based interaction can facilitate a creative process. Here sketching is used to create a 2D pattern through which the system is able to create 3D model. The 3D model is a rapid prototype that can later be converted to an actual plush toy. Plushie is not only an innovative system, but it sounds like it would also be a lot of fun to use.

1 comment:

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