Circular Optical Object Locator

Tim Hankins, David Merrill, and Jocelyn Robert

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract

The Circular Optical Object Locator is a collaborative and cooperative music-making device. It uses an inexpensive digital video camera to observe a rotating platter. Opaque objects placed on the platter are detected by the camera during rotation. The locations of the objects passing under the camera are used to generate music.

Citation

Tim Hankins, David Merrill, and Jocelyn Robert. 2002. Circular Optical Object Locator. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1176420

BibTeX Entry

@inproceedings{Hankins2002,
 abstract = {The Circular Optical Object Locator is a collaborative and cooperative music-making device. It uses an inexpensive digital video camera to observe a rotating platter. Opaque objects placed on the platter are detected by the camera during rotation. The locations of the objects passing under the camera are used to generate music. },
 address = {Dublin, Ireland},
 author = {Hankins, Tim and Merrill, David and Robert, Jocelyn},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 date = {24-26 May, 2002},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1176420},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 keywords = {Input devices, music controllers, collaborative, real-time score manipulation.},
 pages = {80--81},
 title = {Circular Optical Object Locator},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2002/nime2002_080.pdf},
 year = {2002}
}