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Apr 3, 2026 · Artificial Intelligence

Capture Character Animation from Any Object Using Just a Phone – CHI 2026 Best Paper Nominee

DancingBox demonstrates that a single RGB camera, a flat calibration board, and any handheld object can be used to capture realistic character animation by first estimating coarse 3D bounding‑box motion with visual foundation models and then refining it with a diffusion‑based motion generation model, validated by a user study.