Monday, November 13, 2006
voc, bs, dr, shirt
wmmna brings us the news of a wearable “air guitar” controller disguised as a regular T-shirt:
‘Freedom of movement is a great feature of these textile-based interfaces,’ [Dr Richard Helmer] says. ‘Our air guitar consists of a wearable sensor interface embedded in a conventional ’shirt’, with custom software to map gestures with audio samples. It’s an easy-to-use, virtual instrument that allows real-time music making, even by players without significant musical or computing skills. It allows you to jump around and the sound generated is just like an original mp3.’
Heh. He said “original mp3″. But besides, Régine also mentions the Bangarama developed by Students at Aachen’s RWTH university two years ago: A helmet to convert headbanging into guitar sounds using an acceleration sensor. That could be a cool add-on for my MIDI key-/guitar (still unfinished).
