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}
}