Tai Chi In The Clouds: using micro UAVs to support Tai Chi practice

Joseph La Delfa; Robert Jarvis; Rohit Ashok Khot; Florian 'Floyd' Mueller

doi:10.1145/3270316.3271511

Tai Chi In The Clouds: using micro UAVs to support Tai Chi practice

Joseph La Delfa
, Robert Jarvis
, Rohit Ashok Khot
, Florian 'Floyd' Mueller

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Research › peer-review

14 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Tai Chi uses smooth movement and a focussed state of mind to support mental and physical health. Tai Chi teachers use metaphoric imagery such as “wave hands like clouds” to help students integrate smooth movements with a focussed mind. Current interactive technologies applied to Tai Chi take a very literal approach, focussing on body position and centre of gravity. In contrast, "Tai Chi In The Clouds" is a system which uses micro unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as "clouds" to lead or follow the movements of the hands, giving live feedback on smoothness of movement via LEDs. We used UAVs to aid the experience of living out the metaphoric imagery used in Tai Chi. With our work we aim to contribute to new design language to support movement based, mind-body practices.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2018 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play Companion Extended Abstracts
Editors	Zachary O. Toups, Peta Wyeth
Place of Publication	New York NY USA
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Pages	513-519
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450359689
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3270316.3271511
Publication status	Published - 2018
Externally published	Yes
Event	ACM SIGCHI Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play 2018 - Melbourne, Australia Duration: 28 Oct 2018 → 31 Oct 2018 Conference number: 5th https://chiplay.acm.org/2018/ https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3242671

Conference

Conference	ACM SIGCHI Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play 2018
Abbreviated title	CHI PLAY 2018
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Melbourne
Period	28/10/18 → 31/10/18
Internet address	https://chiplay.acm.org/2018/ https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3242671

Keywords

Human Drone Interaction
Tai Chi
Whole-body interaction

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Delfa, J. L., Jarvis, R., Khot, R. A., & Mueller, F. F. (2018). Tai Chi In The Clouds: using micro UAVs to support Tai Chi practice. In Z. O. Toups, & P. Wyeth (Eds.), Proceedings of the 2018 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play Companion Extended Abstracts (pp. 513-519). Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). https://doi.org/10.1145/3270316.3271511

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Delfa, JL, Jarvis, R, Khot, RA & Mueller, FF 2018, Tai Chi In The Clouds: using micro UAVs to support Tai Chi practice. in Z O. Toups & P Wyeth (eds), Proceedings of the 2018 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play Companion Extended Abstracts. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), New York NY USA, pp. 513-519, ACM SIGCHI Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play 2018, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 28/10/18. https://doi.org/10.1145/3270316.3271511

Tai Chi In The Clouds: using micro UAVs to support Tai Chi practice. / Delfa, Joseph La; Jarvis, Robert; Khot, Rohit Ashok et al.
Proceedings of the 2018 Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play Companion Extended Abstracts. ed. / Zachary O. Toups; Peta Wyeth. New York NY USA: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2018. p. 513-519.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Research › peer-review

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