Research Seminars

Towards an Embodied Music Experience - how music and motion can lead to innovative applications

Dr. Michiel Demey
Institute for Psychoacoustics and Electronic Music Ghent University, Belgium

Wednesday 21 January 2009, 16:00, Room 105

Abstract

This lecture will present several recent applications developed at IPEM where movement sensors and music are combined in an attempt to engage the users in an embodied music experience. These applications range from basic synchronization tasks to applications for social music gaming and from custom made wireless motion sensors towards an embodied music controller. Various aspects of these applications are discussed such as the software architecture, the sensor technology, the real-time analysis of acceleration, and the feedback to the user. Also, the results on scientific experiments performed with the applications are discussed.

Bio

Dr. Michiel Demey holds a PhD in Physics at the University of Amsterdam and is currently working as a Postdoctoral researcher at the IPEM research lab for systematic musicology at the Ghent University.