PAAPAB

PAAPAB (Pick an Avatar, Pick a Beat) (figure 6) is a dance floor with a steady dance beat. The user joins the dance by selecting one or more life-sized puppets whose movements mirror that of the user's body through a simple motion capture system. As more users join in, the floor gets more crowded. Each puppet shape varies, and the trackers are mapped to their body parts in different ways. Hence, the user may move her arms while the puppet moves its legs, tail or wings. Over time, a diverse group of animated puppets inhabit the virtual dance floor. At each networked site, a local heartbeat keeps the dancers and the music in sync with one another.

Figure 6. PAAPAB - puppets recorded by previous visitors fill the disco