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polygons~ : Developing a Sound ARt Performance Practice

polygons~

Developing a Sound ARt Performance Practice

As a direct consequence of witnessing participants enjoyment and play with polaris~, I recognised for the first time looking from the outside in, that the system had a larger propensity for fostering learning, virtuosity, and depth of expression than I had originally thought; if only the experience was slightly more complex, the interactions more nuanced. The gestures, play, and expression by participants led to a kind of quasi-transhumanist dance, one that struck me as a technologically mediated dialogue between hybrid self and hybrid environment, a delicate balance of agency.

polygons~ is a fifteen-minute experimental audiovisual AR improvisation using an AR performance ecosystem including three instruments: ambi, click-+, and hands.

Inspiration and Similar Projects

• Listening Mirrors: an audio AR interactive installation by my PhD supervisors
• Laetitia Sonami: pioneer in early glove-based interactive music systems
• Atau Tanaka: interactive gestural synthesis using muscle sensors
• Keijiro Takahashi specifically their work with audio-reactivity in Unity.
• Tekh:2 has created XR instruments using granular synthesis in Unity.
• Amy Brandon creates amazing musical AR performances.

Acknowledgements

• Noah Zerkin (CombineReality) for their help in understanding some specifics workings of the North Star headset.
• Damien Rompapas (BEERLabs / ThinkDigital) for their explaining and debugging of the Software Companion to me.
• Bryan Chris Brown (CombineReality) for their moderation of the very friendly Discord server and considerable explanations of the benefits of working with the North Star headset.

Credits

• Project North Star is the 3D printable AR headset by LeapMotion that has been open-source since 2018.

• Software Companion for Project North Star is developed by Damien Rompapas at BEERLabs / ThinkDigital. If you use polaris~ in an academic context, please cite their paper

• LibPdIntegration is developed by Niall Moody at Abertay University, with assistance from Yann Seznec. It is licensed under the MIT License.

• Automatonism is developed by Johan Erikkson.

Citation

Bilbow, S. (2022). polygons~ AR Performance. YouTube. Available Online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IErsDvhXjM

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