tl;dr

  • The project provides barrier-free access to active music-making for people with disabilities through intelligent musical instruments and individual interfaces.
  • A new interface was developed for the project using HTC Vive trackers as the input device.
  • The interface involved 3D printed wrist mounts to place the trackers on the musicians' hands.
  • Communication via Unity and OSC

    • Barrierefreies Musizieren mit digitalen Medien

    Musiklusion is a multiple award-winning initiative by Andreas Brand and has been taking place at Lebenshilfe Tuttlingen since 2015. The project provides people with (so-called) disabilities barrier-free access to active music-making by means of intelligent musical instruments and individual interfaces.

    Obviously, when Andreas Brand asked me if I wanted to develop a new kind of interface for the project, I did not hesitate to agree. After ideation and several prototype-iterations, we decided to use the HTC Vive trackers as the input device. We started to 3D print several wrist mounts in order to place the trackers on the musicians hands.

    Latest Progress

    Here you can see some on the final progress of our work:

    Impressions

    Musiklusion Meeting
    Musiklusion Meeting at HKA (Photo: Sandra Beuck)
    Participant using the interface
    Participant using the interface (Photo: Sandra Beuck)