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HandWind-Sim: Real-time-web-based cloth simulation with gesture-driven wind interaction

Year: 2025

Type: software-paper

Abstract: This paper presents HandWind-Sim , a web-based open-source framework that tracks hand gestures via a standard webcam and MediaPipe, converts them into intuitive wind vectors, and applies these vectors to a position-based dynamics (PBD) cloth simulation. With a simple hand movement, the system realistically simulates fluttering cloth as if blown by actual wind in real time. HandWind-Sim enables complex physics-based interactions without the need for specialized hardware, offering high accessibility to researchers and developers in fields such as HCI, virtual prototyping, and interactive art.

Source: SoftwareX

DOI: 10.1016/j.softx.2025.102442

Authors: Ye-Song Oh, Jong-Hyun Kim

Institution: Inha University

Language: English

Topic: Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques

Subfield: Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design

Field: Computer Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,200

Funders: Inha University, National Research Foundation of Korea, Ministry of Science and ICT, South Korea, Institute for Information and Communications Technology Promotion

OpenAlex ID: W4416451669

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