Arm-like mechanism user interface for 3D animation

Character animation is traditionally accomplished using traditional input devices such as keyboards, mouse, joysticks, programming pads or motion capture systems with elevated costs making them unavailable to common users. However, 3D User Interfaces such as electromechanical sensors, depth maps and vision tracking have been changing how we interact with information in several applications and common use devices. Animation using 3D user interfaces allows more natural, fluent and precise queues of motion, which is why this work presents the implementation of an anthropomorphic mechanism for motion capture through flexion/extension and abduction/adduction with an arm mechanism of four Degrees of Freedom. The goal is to present the feasibility of assembling a low cost device that allows tracking suitable motion for performing an animation on a virtual character.