Summary: Eden: A Professional Multitouch Tool for Constructing
Virtual Organic Environments
Kenrick Kin1,2
Tom Miller1
Bj¨orn Bollensdorff3
Tony DeRose1
Bj¨orn Hartmann2
Maneesh Agrawala2
1
Pixar Animation Studios 2
University of California, Berkeley 3
Technische Universit¨at Berlin
ABSTRACT
Set construction is the process of selecting and position-
ing virtual geometric objects to create a virtual environment
used in a computer-animated film. Set construction artists
often have a clear mental image of the set composition, but
find it tedious to build their intended sets with current mouse
and keyboard interfaces. We investigate whether multitouch
input can ease the process of set construction. Working with

Source: Agrawala, Maneesh - Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California at Berkeley
O'Brien, James F. - Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California at Berkeley

Collections: Computer Technologies and Information Sciences