An exploration of tangible interaction with music

Objectives

• Computer music that supports musical experimentation and play 
• To identify and evaluate children’s behaviour and patterns
• Capture the user’s attention – fun, good learnability
• Get feedback on the effectiveness of the novel interface
• Increase user interaction & stimulate user experience
• Effect, emotion and visual feedback

Process

• Iterative Process of Design
• User research 
• Pilot Study
• Design
• High fidelity prototype
• Evaluations

Functional Requirements

• Map physical objects
• Physical object to represent digital information
• The system should have a variety of sounds and music
• Tangible objects should be graspable and manipulate easily

Non-Functional Requirements

• Cyclindrically shaped objects operates through rotation
• Rectangular shaped objects limited in movement; horizontal, vertical, left or right
• Sounds are fixed for each object or sounds are reassigned through configuration for each object
• Tangible objects - lightweight & colourful
• Size of the glass table top should be large enough dimensions to place more than one object
• Feedback shoudl be instant

Software used

• Abelton Live 8
• ReacTIVision