[senit] (InteractFX)

Hi Chris,

Hi

Can the instruments/objects be moved around the screen to suit individual users?

cheers

Ceri

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Message Received: Sep 25 2006, 11:00 AM
From: "David Lane" 
To: senit at lists.becta.org.uk
Cc: 
Subject: Re: [senit] (InteractFX)

Sean O'Sullivan wrote:
> Hi Chris,
> 
> Many thanks for this - it looks very interesting. Some educational 
> applications jump out, at least for some of our pupils: A tool for 
> encouraging children who perhaps need extra motivation to reach and 
> stretch, in other words an element of their movement work / 
> physiotherapy, eye-hand coordination, turn-taking, social interaction in 
> terms of sharing an activity, a stimulus for communication.....
> 

Commercial interest declared....
We have a program called 'AirSounds' which might be of interest, in 
respect of the above. The program uses a webcam to put the image of the 
pupil onto the screen (monitor, or preferably, projected) - along with a 
number of musical instruments, apparently floating in mid air. By 
reaching for them, and waving a hand over the image, you may start the 
instrument playing. It's rather hard to describe - and so there is a 
downloadabe demo version on our website (URL below). There are random 
instruments, percussion kit, keyboard and air guitar to try out.

http://xavier.bangor.ac.uk/xavier/AirSounds.shtml

Hope that's of interest, (we had a heck of a lot of fun writing this one!)

cheers

Dave

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