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Procedural Mesh Manipulation for Virtual Pottery Simulation with Hand Tracking

by
Ivan Petrov
1,
Zlatka Uzunova
1,
David Ivanov
1,
Dimo Chotrov
1,* and
Valentina Taneva
2
1
Research and Development and Innovation Consortium, 1784 Sofia, Bulgaria
2
Pazardzhik Regional Historical Museum, 4400 Pazardzhik, Bulgaria
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Appl. Sci. 2026, 16(11), 5233; https://doi.org/10.3390/app16115233 (registering DOI)
Submission received: 31 March 2026 / Revised: 19 May 2026 / Accepted: 20 May 2026 / Published: 23 May 2026
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Interdisciplinary Approaches in Intelligent Engineering and Industrial Processes)
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Abstract

We present a real-time virtual pottery simulation system providing interactive mesh deformation, vertex painting and triplanar texture projection. The system allows users to shape a virtual clay object using natural hand movements captured by a Leap Motion sensor. Two mesh-manipulation approaches are examined: a vertex-based touch simulation that utilizes neighborhood graphs and Laplacian smoothing, and a B-spline-based deformation that enables smooth global shaping. A texturing pipeline tailored to procedurally generated geometry that lacks UV coordinates is also presented. It enables flexible visual customization of the pottery without offline UV unwrapping.
Keywords: virtual pottery; hand tracking; procedural mesh editing; B-spline mesh generation; Laplacian smoothing; texture projection; unity; leap motion virtual pottery; hand tracking; procedural mesh editing; B-spline mesh generation; Laplacian smoothing; texture projection; unity; leap motion

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Petrov, I.; Uzunova, Z.; Ivanov, D.; Chotrov, D.; Taneva, V. Procedural Mesh Manipulation for Virtual Pottery Simulation with Hand Tracking. Appl. Sci. 2026, 16, 5233. https://doi.org/10.3390/app16115233

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Petrov I, Uzunova Z, Ivanov D, Chotrov D, Taneva V. Procedural Mesh Manipulation for Virtual Pottery Simulation with Hand Tracking. Applied Sciences. 2026; 16(11):5233. https://doi.org/10.3390/app16115233

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Petrov, Ivan, Zlatka Uzunova, David Ivanov, Dimo Chotrov, and Valentina Taneva. 2026. "Procedural Mesh Manipulation for Virtual Pottery Simulation with Hand Tracking" Applied Sciences 16, no. 11: 5233. https://doi.org/10.3390/app16115233

APA Style

Petrov, I., Uzunova, Z., Ivanov, D., Chotrov, D., & Taneva, V. (2026). Procedural Mesh Manipulation for Virtual Pottery Simulation with Hand Tracking. Applied Sciences, 16(11), 5233. https://doi.org/10.3390/app16115233

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