The edutainment of virtual music instrument for Thai xylophone (Ranad-ek)

Author

Meeanan, L. ; Trangansri, A. ; Hongthai, P. ; Chaisanit, S. ; Nimnual, R.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Inf. Technol., Sripatum Univ., Chonburi, Thailand

fYear

2012

fDate

10-12 Dec. 2012

Firstpage

546

Lastpage

547

Abstract

The edutainment of virtual music instrument for Thai xylophone (Ranad-ek) developed under the Virtual Reality Media project, School of Information Technology, Sripatum University, Chonburi Campus. The Virtual Music Instrument (VMI) developed following a physical modeling approach, is presented, along with a classification scheme of real Ranad-ek (Thai Music Instrument as a type of xylophone) and their real characteristic acoustic implement. Therefore, the purpose of this paper was to develop the edutainment of virtual music instrument for Thai xylophone (Ranad-ek) and evaluated by five experts. However, this system was design as edutainment and usability study progresses. As researcher begin 6 methods of the study, several modifications have been made to improve the interface, appropriate model, system control, sensitivity, computer compatibility, rapidity, and ease of use. It can confirm that edutainment of virtual music instrument for Thai xylophone is a novel software program and provides chances of reaching toward professionals cite benefits to user.

Keywords

computer aided instruction; educational institutions; entertainment; human computer interaction; musical instruments; pattern classification; user interfaces; virtual reality; Chonburi Campus; Ranad-ek classification scheme; School of Information Technology; Sripatum University; Thai xylophone; Virtual Reality Media project; characteristic acoustic implement; computer compatibility improvement; ease-of-use improvement; edutainment; interface improvement; model improvement; physical modeling approach; rapidity improvement; sensitivity improvement; software program; system control improvement; usability study; virtual music instrument; Educational institutions; Games; Implants; Instruments; Presses; Software; Edutainment; Thai Musical Instrument; Thai Xylophone; Virtual Music Instrument;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Internet Technology And Secured Transactions, 2012 International Conference for

Conference_Location

London

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-5325-0

Type

conf

Filename

6470870