Design and Evaluation of a Hybrid Reality Performance

Victor Zappi, Dario Mazzanti, Andrea Brogni, and Darwin Caldwell

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract:

In this paper we introduce a multimodal platform for Hybrid Reality live performances: by means of non-invasiveVirtual Reality technology, we developed a system to presentartists and interactive virtual objects in audio/visual choreographies on the same real stage. These choreographiescould include spectators too, providing them with the possibility to directly modify the scene and its audio/visual features. We also introduce the first interactive performancestaged with this technology, in which an electronic musician played live five tracks manipulating the 3D projectedvisuals. As questionnaires have been distributed after theshow, in the last part of this work we discuss the analysisof collected data, underlining positive and negative aspectsof the proposed experience.This paper belongs together with a performance proposalcalled Dissonance, in which two performers exploit the platform to create a progressive soundtrack along with the exploration of an interactive virtual environment.

Citation:

Victor Zappi, Dario Mazzanti, Andrea Brogni, and Darwin Caldwell. 2011. Design and Evaluation of a Hybrid Reality Performance. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1178197

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{Zappi2011,
 abstract = {In this paper we introduce a multimodal platform for Hybrid Reality live performances: by means of non-invasiveVirtual Reality technology, we developed a system to presentartists and interactive virtual objects in audio/visual choreographies on the same real stage. These choreographiescould include spectators too, providing them with the possibility to directly modify the scene and its audio/visual features. We also introduce the first interactive performancestaged with this technology, in which an electronic musician played live five tracks manipulating the 3D projectedvisuals. As questionnaires have been distributed after theshow, in the last part of this work we discuss the analysisof collected data, underlining positive and negative aspectsof the proposed experience.This paper belongs together with a performance proposalcalled Dissonance, in which two performers exploit the platform to create a progressive soundtrack along with the exploration of an interactive virtual environment.},
 address = {Oslo, Norway},
 author = {Zappi, Victor and Mazzanti, Dario and Brogni, Andrea and Caldwell, Darwin},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1178197},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 keywords = {Interactive Performance, Hybrid Choreographies, Virtual Reality, Music Control },
 pages = {355--360},
 presentation-video = {https://vimeo.com/26880256/},
 title = {Design and Evaluation of a Hybrid Reality Performance},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2011/nime2011_355.pdf},
 year = {2011}
}