Creating a Real-Time Responsive Handbalancing Interface with HAND★CS

Linnea Kirby; Christiana Rose; Jeremy Cooperstock; Marcelo Wanderley

Image credit: Linnea Kirby; Christiana Rose; Jeremy Cooperstock; Marcelo Wanderley

• Format: poster
• Session: posters-2
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• Presence: remote
• Duration: 5
• Type: medium

Abstract:

This paper introduces HAND★CS, a new interface for interdisci- plinary expression for music, movement, and light. Our interface augments a pedagogical interface for hand-balancing, Haptics- Assisted iNversions Device (HAND), and transforms it into one for artistic expression. It draws upon Licklider’s concept of man- computer symbiosis, specifically the commensalism form of sym- biosis. HAND★CS strives to embody a performance apparatus and system with symbiotic connectivity between performer and interface. This paper discusses the inspiration and background for such a system pulling from the fields of human-computer interaction (HCI), music technology and new interfaces for mu- sical expression (NIME), and circus arts. In addition, it defines the design and implementation, evaluation of the prototype of HAND★CS, and future work.