Wearable Interfaces for Cyberphysical Musical Expression

Godbehere, Andrew B.; Ward, Nathan J.

Wearable Interfaces for Cyberphysical Musical Expression

Andrew B. Godbehere, and Nathan J. Ward

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Year: 2008
Location: Genoa, Italy
Pages: 237–240
Keywords: Wearable computing, personal area networks, accelerometers, 802.15.4, motion analysis, human-computer interaction, live performance, digital musical controllers, gestural control
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1179547 (Link to paper)
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Abstract

We present examples of a wireless sensor network as applied to wearable digital music controllers. Recent advances in wireless Personal Area Networks (PANs) have precipitated the IEEE 802.15.4 standard for low-power, low-cost wireless sensor networks. We have applied this new technology to create a fully wireless, wearable network of accelerometers which are small enough to be hidden under clothing. Various motion analysis and machine learning techniques are applied to the raw accelerometer data in real-time to generate and control music on the fly.

Citation

Andrew B. Godbehere, and Nathan J. Ward. 2008. Wearable Interfaces for Cyberphysical Musical Expression. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1179547

BibTeX Entry

@inproceedings{Godbehere2008,
 abstract = {We present examples of a wireless sensor network as applied to wearable digital music controllers. Recent advances in wireless Personal Area Networks (PANs) have precipitated the IEEE 802.15.4 standard for low-power, low-cost wireless sensor networks. We have applied this new technology to create a fully wireless, wearable network of accelerometers which are small enough to be hidden under clothing. Various motion analysis and machine learning techniques are applied to the raw accelerometer data in real-time to generate and control music on the fly. },
 address = {Genoa, Italy},
 author = {Godbehere, Andrew B. and Ward, Nathan J.},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1179547},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 keywords = {Wearable computing, personal area networks, accelerometers, 802.15.4, motion analysis, human-computer interaction, live performance, digital musical controllers, gestural control },
 pages = {237--240},
 title = {Wearable Interfaces for Cyberphysical Musical Expression},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2008/nime2008_237.pdf},
 year = {2008}
}