An Immersive Musical Instrument Prototype

Author

Valbom, Leonel ; Marcos, Adérito

Author_Institution

Univ. of Minho, Minho

Volume

27

Issue

4

fYear

2007

Firstpage

14

Lastpage

19

Abstract

This article describes a prototype immersive musical instrument that expands the concepts of traditional musical elements and allows the integration of a spatial dimension using 3D music and sound objects into the musical environment by employing physical, visual, and sound immersion. From the prototype´s evaluation results, we conclude that immersive musical instruments naturally give users a way to perform, compose, or improvise music (in real time) with a high degree of control.

Keywords

musical instruments; virtual reality; 3D music; 3D sound; immersive musical instrument prototype; spatial dimension; virtual reality; Displacement control; Elasticity; Instruments; Loudspeakers; Prototypes; Synthesizers; Virtual environment; Virtual prototyping; Visualization; XML; audio systems; music; user interfaces; virtual reality; Acoustics; Computer Graphics; Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; Imaging, Three-Dimensional; Information Storage and Retrieval; Music; Numerical Analysis, Computer-Assisted; Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; User-Computer Interface;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0272-1716

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MCG.2007.76

Filename

4267941