Tech team develops interactive comics | ajc.com

Tech team develops interactive comics | ajc.com: "It might be a way to get video gamers off the couch. It could be a fun teaching tool. Or perhaps an art installation.

The developers of Embodied Comics at Georgia Tech can't say yet what the real-world applications might be for their creation —- a blend of comics, video games and performance art.

'The idea is to take comics out of the comic books and make them interactive,' said Ozge Samanci, a Ph.D. student in digital media who came up with the concept and did the drawings. 'Can we bring it into 3D and still call it comics?'

It works like this: You stand in front of a white background while an animated figure —- representing you —- appears on a big screen. Your movements are captured by a camera and determine what happens in the story that unfolds on the screen. You move and your character moves. Clap, and it might rain. Wave your hands, and many small waving hands appear on the screen. The creators are working on incorporating props, such as an umbrella, into the story line. At the end of your interaction, you get a printout in comics form."