[microsound-announce] Lecture: The EyeHarp: A Gaze-Controlled Musical Instrument (Barcelona)

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WEDNESDAY 30.05.2012

THE EYEHARP: A GAZE-CONTROLLED MUSICAL INSTRUMENT

The main goal of the EyeHarp was to create the first gaze or head 
controlled musical instrument with similar expressive potentials to a 
traditional musical instrument. Zacharias Vamvakousis was inspired by 
the EyeWriter, a low-cost eye-tracking apparatus & custom software that 
allows graffiti writers and artists with paralysis resulting from 
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis to draw using only their eyes. Interacting 
with other people through music or creating new musical compositions 
might not only improve the quality of life of people with disabilities, 
but also be part of a rehabilitation process.

During this talk, the design of the interface and the construction of a 
low-cost Eye-Tracking device will be presented. Ideas for further 
development will be discussed, such as the possibility of an EEG-Eye 
tracking Hybrid system for musical performance.

Wednesday 30.05.2012, 19:30h

Fabra i Coats. Sant Adrià 20. Barcelona. Metro Sant Andreu.
Entrada lliure / Entrada libre / Free admission

+info: [ 
http://lullcec.org/en/2012/lectures/the-eyeharp-a-gaze-controlled-musical-instrument/ 
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soon:

18-20.06.2012 3-Day Seminar on Spatialization with Wave Field Synthesis 
(imparted by Arthur Sauer and Wouter Snoei)
18-20.06.2012 Wave Field Synthesis: lectures and spatialization concerts..
13.06.2012 Workshop: Dirty Electronics [ http://dirtyelectronics.org ] TBA
13.06.2012 Pablo Rega / Dirty Electronics  [ 
http://pablorega.blogspot.com.es/ ] TBA
21-29.06.2012 Residency #03: Morten Olsen + Rubén Patiño
2?.06.2012 Tetsuya Umeda [ http://siranami.com ] TBA
29.06.2012 Concert: Patterns in a Rudimentary Field (M.Olsen + Rubén 
Patiño) / Arnau Sala

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