The termenova: A hybrid free-gesture interface

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages NIME02-01-NIME02-06

  Hasan, Leila ^a   Yu, Nicholas ^a   Paradiso, Joseph A ^a  

^a MIT MEDIA LAB   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacitive sensing; Gesture interface; Laser harp; Musical controller; Optical proximity sensing; Servo control; Theremin

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLERS; MUSIC; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

CAPACITIVE SENSING; GESTURE INTERFACES; LASER HARP; MUSICAL CONTROLLER; OPTICAL PROXIMITY SENSING; OPTICAL-; PROXIMITY SENSING; SENSING DEVICES; SERVO CONTROL; THEREMIN;

LASER BEAMS;

EID: 77953518744     PISSN: 22204792     EISSN: 22204806     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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