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This paper describes a computer graphics system that enables users to define virtual marionette puppets, operate them using relatively simple hardware input devices, and display the scene from a given viewpoint on the computer screen. This computerized marionette theater has the potential to become a computer game for children, an interaction tool over the Internet, enabling the creation of simultaneously viewed and operated marionette show by users on the World Wide Web, and, most importantly, a versatile and efficient professional animation system.
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Bar-Lev, A., Bruckstein, A. & Elber, G. Virtual marionettes: a system and paradigm for real-time 3D animation. Visual Comput 21, 488–501 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00371-005-0297-z
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