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Eran Egozy.
Hu, Emily(Emily D.)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
2021-05-24T19:52:04Z
2021-05-24T19:52:04Z
2021
2021
https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/130690
1251779873
Thesis: M. Eng., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, February, 2021
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 77-80).
We present Dance2Music, a virtual reality dance experience where the music changes based on the way that the dancer moves. The user is immersed in an environment where they are free to express themselves, and the user's hand and head positions are tracked in real time. We develop a set of mappings from movement to musical responses that translates the user's movement expression to musical expression. We then evaluate the system through a series of user testing. Through the creation and evaluation of this system, we examine the connection between music and dance from a new perspective. We explore ways to map from movement to music. We further discuss the features that contribute to a natural, intuitive user experience, such as enabling the music to vary over a wide expressive range and constructing a compelling visual environment
by Emily Hu.
M.Eng.
M.Eng. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
80 pages
eng
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
Dance2Music : an exploration of music creation through dance in virtual reality
Exploration of music creation through dance in virtual reality
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