Researches

Publication: Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI'25) Key Words: Dance; Motion Capture; Avatar; Improvisation; Movement Venues: Hong Kong Research Grants Council Theme-based Research Scheme, General Research Fund, CHI Abstract: The use of motion capture in live dance performances has created an emerging discipline enabling dancers to play different avatars on the digital stage. Unlike classical workflows, avatars enable performers to act as different characters in customized narratives, but research has yet to address how movement, improvisation, and perception change when dancers act as avatars....

Key Words: Dance; Avatar; Kinect; Improvisation; Movement Venues: Hong Kong Research Grants Council Theme-based Research Scheme, General Research Fund Abstract: Dancers often look at the mirror to get feedback about how they perform. Digital avatars are a form of mirroring enabling performers to inhabit bodies unlike their own, creatively acting out movements beyond what they are used to when looking at the mirror. This has inspired recent work in motion-capture (mocap) avatar-mediated performances that often utilize nonhuman forms, but how dancers react to the affordances of different forms in creative performance is not known....

System Design: Guan Xinyu (Ben) Key Words: “Multi-agent”, “Gamification”, “Creative Understanding”, “Role Immersion in Performance”, “Theater Rehearsal” Venues: Hong Kong Research Grants Council Theme-based Research Scheme, General Research Fund Abstract: Rehearsing a play requires considerable effort and time. Actors often struggle to immerse themselves in the script world and explore their characters without directorial guidance. To provide context for supporting actor rehearsal processes, we worked with a director to design an interactive environment that uses LLM-based agents to represent information in a theater script, enabling actors to experience narrative logic, character perspectives, and social contexts beyond the script....