Devices for interactive computer music and computer graphics performances

Abstract

Some original gesture recognition devices for interactive computer music and computer graphics performances are here described. Sensors typically used in robotics are taken into consideration for developing original devices: infrared beams and real time analysis of CCD cameras video captured images. The basic idea consists of remote sensing (i.e. without mechanical and/or electrical links) moving objects handled by performers or remote sensing gesture of the human body. This paper may be considered to belong to the following general areas: Audio/Music signal processing and synthesis, joint Audio-Video processing, Human-Machine interface and perception.