The reacTable: Exploring the synergy between live music performance and tabletop tangible interfaces

TEI'07: First International Conference on Tangible and Embedded Interaction

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 139-146

  Jord, Sergi ^a   Geiger, Günter ^a   Alonso, Marcos ^a   Kaltenbrunner, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Design; Interaction techniques; Musical instrument; Musical performance; Tabletop interfaces; Tangible interfaces

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER MUSIC; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; USER INTERFACES;

INTERACTION TECHNIQUES; MUSICAL PERFORMANCE; TABLETOP INTERFACES; TANGIBLE INTERFACES;

DECISION TABLES;

EID: 34748841995     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1226969.1226998     Document Type: Conference Paper

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