Songverse: a digital musical instrument based on Virtual Reality
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Resumo: | We can define Digital Musical Instruments (DMIs) as hardware-software solutions that are interactive and crafted to output sound according to users' input. DMIs are well known to unleash users' creativity but also to allow different and innovative experiences for the creation process, for example, smoothing the learning curve towards musical concepts such as rhythm and composition. On the other hand, Virtual Reality (VR) allows users to explore spatial interfaces in a natural and limitless way, which shows potential synergy towards the rise of new DMIs. In this paper, we introduce Songverse, an immersive DMI placed in a Virtual Reality scenario that allows users to create music by interacting with an environment designed to resemble the outer space. By adding systems, planets, and satellites to the virtual environment, the user can shape the produced sound through interactions that were extensively tested during the development phase. We then evaluated the instrument with musicians and non-musicians by interviewing and applying the System Usability Scale (SUS) to assess the easiness for people to create music using Songverse. As a result, users reported the use of the DMI as intuitive and easy to use, also highlighting the produced song as enjoyable. |
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Songverse: a digital musical instrument based on Virtual Realityvirtual realitycomputer-generated musicmusical instrument digital interfaceshuman-computer interactionWe can define Digital Musical Instruments (DMIs) as hardware-software solutions that are interactive and crafted to output sound according to users' input. DMIs are well known to unleash users' creativity but also to allow different and innovative experiences for the creation process, for example, smoothing the learning curve towards musical concepts such as rhythm and composition. On the other hand, Virtual Reality (VR) allows users to explore spatial interfaces in a natural and limitless way, which shows potential synergy towards the rise of new DMIs. In this paper, we introduce Songverse, an immersive DMI placed in a Virtual Reality scenario that allows users to create music by interacting with an environment designed to resemble the outer space. By adding systems, planets, and satellites to the virtual environment, the user can shape the produced sound through interactions that were extensively tested during the development phase. We then evaluated the instrument with musicians and non-musicians by interviewing and applying the System Usability Scale (SUS) to assess the easiness for people to create music using Songverse. As a result, users reported the use of the DMI as intuitive and easy to use, also highlighting the produced song as enjoyable.Brazilian Computer Society2020-10-10info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://sol.sbc.org.br/journals/index.php/jis/article/view/74910.5753/jis.2020.749Journal of Interactive Systems; v. 11 n. 1 (2020); 57-65Journal on Interactive Systems; Vol. 11 No. 1 (2020); 57-652763-771910.5753/jis.2020reponame:Journal on Interactive Systemsinstname:Sociedade Brasileira de Computação (SBC)instacron:SBCenghttps://sol.sbc.org.br/journals/index.php/jis/article/view/749/872Copyright (c) 2020 Willams de Lima Costa, Daniel Filgueira, Luca Ananias, Ricardo Barioni, Lucas Silva Figueiredo, Veronica Teichriebinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessCosta, Willams de LimaFilgueira, DanielAnanias, LucaBarioni, RicardoFigueiredo, Lucas SilvaTeichrieb, Veronica2023-10-12T20:48:19Zoai:ojs2.sol.sbc.org.br:article/749Revistahttps://sol.sbc.org.br/journals/index.php/jis/ONGhttps://sol.sbc.org.br/journals/index.php/jis/oaijis@sbc.org.br2763-77192763-7719opendoar:2023-10-12T20:48:19Journal on Interactive Systems - Sociedade Brasileira de Computação (SBC)false |
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Songverse: a digital musical instrument based on Virtual Reality |
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Songverse: a digital musical instrument based on Virtual Reality |
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Songverse: a digital musical instrument based on Virtual Reality Costa, Willams de Lima virtual reality computer-generated music musical instrument digital interfaces human-computer interaction |
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Songverse: a digital musical instrument based on Virtual Reality |
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Songverse: a digital musical instrument based on Virtual Reality |
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Songverse: a digital musical instrument based on Virtual Reality |
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Songverse: a digital musical instrument based on Virtual Reality |
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Songverse: a digital musical instrument based on Virtual Reality |
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Costa, Willams de Lima |
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Costa, Willams de Lima Filgueira, Daniel Ananias, Luca Barioni, Ricardo Figueiredo, Lucas Silva Teichrieb, Veronica |
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Filgueira, Daniel Ananias, Luca Barioni, Ricardo Figueiredo, Lucas Silva Teichrieb, Veronica |
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Costa, Willams de Lima Filgueira, Daniel Ananias, Luca Barioni, Ricardo Figueiredo, Lucas Silva Teichrieb, Veronica |
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virtual reality computer-generated music musical instrument digital interfaces human-computer interaction |
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virtual reality computer-generated music musical instrument digital interfaces human-computer interaction |
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We can define Digital Musical Instruments (DMIs) as hardware-software solutions that are interactive and crafted to output sound according to users' input. DMIs are well known to unleash users' creativity but also to allow different and innovative experiences for the creation process, for example, smoothing the learning curve towards musical concepts such as rhythm and composition. On the other hand, Virtual Reality (VR) allows users to explore spatial interfaces in a natural and limitless way, which shows potential synergy towards the rise of new DMIs. In this paper, we introduce Songverse, an immersive DMI placed in a Virtual Reality scenario that allows users to create music by interacting with an environment designed to resemble the outer space. By adding systems, planets, and satellites to the virtual environment, the user can shape the produced sound through interactions that were extensively tested during the development phase. We then evaluated the instrument with musicians and non-musicians by interviewing and applying the System Usability Scale (SUS) to assess the easiness for people to create music using Songverse. As a result, users reported the use of the DMI as intuitive and easy to use, also highlighting the produced song as enjoyable. |
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