[senit] (New?) musical-movement application

Cool, seems similar to the CameraMouse system you can buy for mouse movement
(like a web cam based HeadMouse). It's pretty good, though subtly different
to a head mouse (it's more like a joystick). I think there was also a
slightly flaky free one (can't find it).  

Check out this project too:

http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/opengazer/

Video has loads of potential in this area... (-; 

Cheers.

Simon

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From: senit-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk
[mailto:senit-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk] On Behalf Of Will Wade
Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2007 10:27 PM
To: senit at lists.becta.org.uk
Subject: [senit] (New?) musical-movement application

Thought some of you may like the look of this:

"Van Dusen, a senior majoring in electronic media, arts, and communication
(EMAC) and computer science, worked with an interdisciplinary group of
students ... designed and implemented a computer interface that tracks the
movement of a user's head to allow them to produce electronic sounds and
compose music on a virtual keyboard in both solo and ensemble settings."

It looks fantastic and I want it. The only problem is you can't have it - or
so it seems. From the PR its a little hazy as to its current development
status but the videos look very promising.

Press release:
http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2142&setappvar=page(1)
Video: http://www.rpi.edu/~vanduz/

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