Thursday, February 19, 2009

Update 2

I plan to further my idea of utilizing haptic technology and incorporating an audio element.

My first idea was have a room with three of the walls be large screens with a haptic interface. These haptic screens would be highly sensitive in order to pick up sonic vibrations. Specifically, a user would bring their MP3 player to this installation and plug it into a speaker system. The following vibrations caused by the speakers would trigger the haptic screens on the walls, causing them to show various animated visual displays.

My second incarnation of this idea was to have the animated displays reflect the audio waves visually.

After some thought, I ditched the idea of having the user bring in their own music, and have them create sound at the installation itself. Instead of the speakers and MP3 player dock, I would install three drums: a snare drum (military-esque), a giant Japanese-style verticle drum, and a large leather floor drum (war-drum). The square room is replaced with a long hallway, with haptic screens lining the two longest walls and the ceiling, with the same sensitivity. When triggered by the vibrations of the drums, the screens will display a visual representation of the sonic vibrations caused by the three drums

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