• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: MobiSpray: Mobile Phone as Virtual Spray Can for Painting BIG Anytime Anywhere on Anything
  • Contributor: Scheible, Jürgen; Ojala, Timo
  • Published: MIT Press - Journals, 2009
  • Published in: Leonardo, 42 (2009) 4, Seite 332-341
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1162/leon.2009.42.4.332
  • ISSN: 0024-094X; 1530-9282
  • Keywords: Computer Science Applications ; Music ; Engineering (miscellaneous) ; Visual Arts and Performing Arts
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  • Description: This paper presents MobiSpray, a novel interactive art tool for creating ubiquitous ephemeral digital art. The mobile phone is employed as a virtual spray can to spray dabs of digital paint onto the physical environment via large-scale projections. The gesture-based control of the mobile phone provides a natural pointing mechanism for the virtual spray can. Experiences from extensive field use around the world testify in favor of a successful design. Most importantly, MobiSpray liberates and empowers the artist to change the environment via large-scale artistic expressions.