Orb3 -- Adaptive Interface Design for Real time Sound Synthesis & Diffusion within Socially Mediated Spaces

Dan Livingstone, and Eduardo Miranda

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

• Year: 2005
• Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
• Pages: 65–69
• Keywords: Adaptive System, Sound Installation, Smart Interfaces, Music Robots, Spatial Music, Conscious Subconscious Interaction.
• DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1176774 (Link to paper)
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Abstract:

Haptic and Gestural interfaces offer new and novel ways of interacting with and creating new musical forms. Increasingly it is the integration of these interfaces with more complex adaptive systems or dynamically variable social contexts that provide significant opportunities for socially mediated composition through conscious and subconscious interaction. This paper includes a brief comparative survey of related works and articulates the design process and interaction modes or ‘play states’ for the Orb3 interface – 3 wireless mobile globes that collect and share environmental data and user interactions to synthesize and diffuse sound material in real time, a ‘social’ group of composer and listener objects. The physical interfaces are integrated into a portable 8 channel auditory sphere for collaborative interaction but can also be integrated with large-scale social environments, such as atria and other public spaces with embedded sound systems.

Citation:

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{Livingstone2005,
 abstract = {Haptic and Gestural interfaces offer new and novel ways of interacting with and creating new musical forms. Increasingly it is the integration of these interfaces with more complex adaptive systems or dynamically variable social contexts that provide significant opportunities for socially mediated composition through conscious and subconscious interaction. This paper includes a brief comparative survey of related works and articulates the design process and interaction modes or ‘play states’ for the Orb3 interface – 3 wireless mobile globes that collect and share environmental data and user interactions to synthesize and diffuse sound material in real time, a ‘social’ group of composer and listener objects. The physical interfaces are integrated into a portable 8 channel auditory sphere for collaborative interaction but can also be integrated with large-scale social environments, such as atria and other public spaces with embedded sound systems.},
 address = {Vancouver, BC, Canada},
 author = {Livingstone, Dan and Miranda, Eduardo},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1176774},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 keywords = {Adaptive System, Sound Installation, Smart Interfaces, Music Robots, Spatial Music, Conscious Subconscious Interaction.},
 pages = {65--69},
 title = {Orb3 -- Adaptive Interface Design for Real time Sound Synthesis \& Diffusion within Socially Mediated Spaces},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2005/nime2005_065.pdf},
 year = {2005}
}