Project Number

251

Title

Visual Conductor

Description

Immersive gesture-driven virtual environment for conducting a digital symphony.

Contact

Jakub Segen

Affiliation

Lucent Bell Laboratories

Address

E-mail

segen@lucent.com

WWW

Year

1999

Reference

SIGGRAPH 99 Conference Abstracts and Applications

Project Details

"A 'live' conductor directs a complex electronic orchestra with natural expressions of hands and baton." 
 
"No sensors or wires impede the conductor's movements, which are sensed with video cameras. The system detects beat events and gestures related to rhythm patterns and dynamics, and uses this information to control the tempo and volume." 
 
"Participants in this interactive display conduct a large live-sounding orchestra. For ballet segments, the experience is enhanced by an animated dancer whose movements are synchronized to the music."

Sight

graphics workstation, video sensor camera

Sound

amplified sound

Touch

baton, motion interface

Smell

Taste

Other

Emergence

1 - Innovation, Custom, Research

Intent

2 - Technique (paradigm, human)

Primary

205 - tangible / gesture interface

Secondary

302 - spatial sound

Remarks

Implementation details undocumented.

 


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