Graduate: Dessie Keegan
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name:
Dessie Keegan
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email:
dkeegan@tcd.ie
phone:
+353 087 9360060
Graduate work
Title of Piece:
VirtuPuppet: An Implementation of a Gesture-Based Musical Interface with Control Intimacy
Description:
Gesture-based interfaces provide possibilities for new modes of musical expression not afforded by traditional instruments. Unfortunately, many of these new platforms do not preserve the same, tight, physical link between the performer’s actions and the resulting sound found in their established counterparts. This has consequences for the design of such interfaces should they re quire similar levels of musical control intimacy. This installation features an interface that seeks to achieve a high level of musical control through a tight coupling of user action and system response. The presented system employs the Nintendo Wii controller to track users’ hand movements. These tracked movements are used to generate audio content in Max/MSP and visual content in Processing 1.0.
Users' hand movements allow interaction with a puppet which is used to generate audiovisual content
Bio
Graduated in 2002 from TCD with a BA in Computer Science. Before enrolling in MMT he has worked in various roles as a software developer.
Research Interests
He is interested in human computer interaction and the design of new interfaces for musical expression, with a particular focus on the use of computer vision technology for the creation of new musical interfaces.