In this study, we examined the feature of the audience participation in the progress of the story in Puppet Theater. Puppet Theater is a puppet show system developed that is designed for appreciation ...by hearing-impaired children. Wada et al. (2012) conducted preliminary evaluation experiments performed with 52 healthy elementary school children who were surveyed using both questionnaires and interviews. The results indicated that audience participation in the progress of the story had the effect of encouraging the audience to think about the story. It was also confirmed that, through this participation, the audience is imbued with a sense of emotional investment in the characters, which stimulates audience into immersive participation in the story.
"In spite of a historical near absence of masking practice among the Tiv people of Nigeria, since 1960 the use of carved wooden masks and figures has found new and fertile expression in their ...contemporary puppet and masquerade theater called kwagh-hir." (AFRICAN ARTS) The author discusses "the extent to which the personal identity of the mask wearer is disguised and redefined during and subsequent to a performance. In kwagh-hir the dual possibilities of concealing and revealing are utilized to the advantage of the performer without ever compromising the supernatural aspect of the masked figure."
This paper briefly summaries relation of camera configuration and extended stereo baseline to distortions that can be caused by camera shooting. The reasons, why to use these are also mentioned in ...the paper. Influence of nontraditional configuration of the cameras on the depth map generation of the 3D video content has been practically described and measured. Depth map dynamic range compression and utilization has been estimated too. It is also mentioned in the paper how to reduce Cardboard Distortion typical in 3D video.
