Gillian Hayes is an Assistant Professor in Informatics in the School of Information and Computer Science and the School of Education at UC Irvine. Some of her research has focused on the use of interactive technologies with children who have autism. She recently was interviewed about a feature article she co-authored that was published in Personal and Ubiquitous Computing: Interactive Visual Supports for Children with Autism.
The interview can be found on the following Facebook Notes page:
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A couple of weeks ago I posted about the Reactible Mobile, a fun "DJ" electronic music generator for the iPod and iPad, created by Reactable Systems, makers of the Reactable. The Reactable is a multi-touch, multi-user system for music creation, sharing, and DJ-ing, but it comes in the form of a table. Even though one version of the Reactable, the Reactable Live! is portable, it is still pretty big.
In our increasingly mobile world, it's nice to know that now we can have something similar to take everywhere we go, with the Reactable Mobile that runs on the iPhone, iPod Touch, and the iPad. You can download and buy the Reactable Mobile app for the iPhone and iPad from the iTunes Store: http://itunes.apple.com/app/reactable-mobile/id381127666?mt=8
The following videos provide a quick overview of how the Reactable app runs on mobile devices. The first video is a demonstration of "Verde", Le Freak Selector. The second video demonstrates the Reactable app on the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.
Reactable Mobile (Reactable Systems SL) Description (Taken from the iTunes website)
"Improvise and create music playfully with the Reactable mobile. Based on the award winning Reactable as used by Björk on her Volta Tour, this application brings the full creative power of the famous interactive instrument onto your mobile device."
"It uses concepts of modular synthesis, sampling, digital audio effects, DJing, and combines them with modern human computer interaction and multi-touch technology.Based on the very same audio and graphics engine as the Reactable, the mobile version brings a complete range of objects to multi-touch devices:" A set of generator objects: - loop players, with possibility to upload your own loops, - synthesizers, with a large range of instruments to select from, - oscillators, to synthesise pure and complex tones, - input, to get audio directly from the device's microphone. A set of effects to modify generated sounds: - wave shapers: distortion, compression, and resampling, - delays: reverb, feedback, and ping-pong, - modulators: ring modulation, chorus, and flanger, - filters: low pass, high pass, and band pass. A set of controller objects to modify other objects parameters: - sequencers, with step-by-step, matrix, or random modes, - low frequency oscillators (LFO), with different waveforms, - accelerometer, to fetch data from the movement of the device. A set of global objects to modify the settings of the entire table: - tempo, to change the speed of the table, - volume, to lower or increase the loudness, - tonalizer, to change the harmony of the melody. "IMPORTANT NOTE: A graphic resolution issue with iPod Touch 4G prevents using the version 1.0.3 on this device. An update is on its way. Note: as this application uses both graphic and audio resources extensively, recent devices will provide the best user experience."
Here is a very short video-clip of the Reactable at Discovery Place. (Because of the noise in the background, it is a bit difficult to hear what I was trying to play.)
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Hrvoje Benko and Andy Wilson from Microsoft Research demonstrate a system that uses 3D depth support tracking and interpreting the interaction between people, It also allows for manipulating digital content across a variety of surfaces.
Information Visualization Meets Augmented Reality?
