Title :
Towards forming communities using wearable musical instruments
Author :
Tada, Yukio ; Nishimoto, Kazushi ; Maekawa, Tadao ; Rouve, Romain ; Mase, Kenji ; Nakatsu, Ryohei
Author_Institution :
ATR Media Integration & Commun. Res. Labs., Japan
Abstract :
We describe the design and applications of CosTune (costume+tune), which is a novel wearable musical instrument. A CosTune is not only a personal wearable musical instrument but also is equipped with wireless communications functions to communicate with other CosTunes. A prototype system is also described. Music is a powerful communications medium, therefore, we designed CosTune as a communications tool. CosTune users can make collaborative compositions and perform ad hoc sessions with others who share similar musical tastes. Thus, CosTune may foster a novel musical culture as well as support the formation of communities mediated by music
Keywords :
music; musical instruments; portable computers; wireless LAN; CosTune; collaborative compositions; prototype system; wearable musical instruments; wireless communications; Acoustic scattering; Collaboration; Instruments; Music; Network servers; Prototypes; Skeleton; Vehicles; Wireless communication; Wireless networks;
Conference_Titel :
Distributed Computing Systems Workshop, 2001 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Mesa, AZ
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1080-9
DOI :
10.1109/CDCS.2001.918715
