DrawTalking: Building Interactive Worlds by Sketching and Speaking
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Abstract (arXiv)
We introduce DrawTalking, an approach to building and controlling interactive worlds by sketching and speaking while telling stories. It emphasizes user control and flexibility, and gives programming-like capability without requiring code. An early open-ended study with our prototype shows that the mechanics resonate and are applicable to many creative-exploratory use cases, with the potential to inspire and inform research in future natural interfaces for creative exploration and authoring.
Key facts. Cited by 5 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026). Builds on 6 of its 76 references that are in the map. First posted on arXiv 11 Jan 2024.
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- 2019Interactive Task and Concept Learning from Natural Language Instructions and GUI Demonstrationscited by 26
- 2020RealitySketch: Embedding Responsive Graphics and Visualizations in AR through Dynamic Sketchingcited by 14
- 2022RealityTalk: Real-Time Speech-Driven Augmented Presentation for AR Live Storytellingcited by 10
- 2020Scones: Towards Conversational Authoring of Sketchescited by 7
- 2023CrossTalk: Intelligent Substrates for Language-Oriented Interaction in Video-Based Communication and Collaborationcited by 6
- 2018Chalktalk : A Visualization and Communication Language -- As a Tool in the Domain of Computer Science Educationcited by 4
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Citing papers per year: 2025: 4; 2026: 1.
5 papers.
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- 2025MapStory: Prototyping Editable Map Animations with LLM Agentscited by 3
- 2025Steerable Chatbots: Exploring Personalization Control Interfaces via LLM Activation Steeringcited by 1
- 2026VoCa: Designing Speech-Canvas Interaction for Voice-Based Conversational Agentscited by 0
- 2026VoCa: Designing Speech-Canvas Interaction for Voice-Based Conversational Agents3 Oct 2026
- 2025ProactiveVA: Proactive Visual Analytics with LLM-Based UI Agent24 Jul 2025
- 2025Interaction as Intelligence: Deep Research With Human-AI Partnership21 Jul 2025
- 2025MapStory: Prototyping Editable Map Animations with LLM Agents28 May 2025
- 2025Steerable Chatbots: Exploring Personalization Control Interfaces via LLM Activation Steering7 May 2025