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Post by tezza202 on Nov 29, 2005 16:04:57 GMT -5
Finnish computer science students have devised a system which enables air guitarists to hear themselves 'play'.
The Virtual Air Guitar project, developed at the Helsinki University of Technology, adds genuine electric guitar sounds to the air guitar.
Using a computer to monitor the hand movements of the 'player', it adds riffs and licks to match frantic mid-air finger work, reports New Scientist.
Aki Kanerva, Juha Laitinen and Teemu Mäki-Patola came up with the idea after being invited to develop a virtual instrument as part of their coursework.
"The first thing that came to mind was an air guitar," Kanerva told New Scientist.
The resulting system consists of a video camera and a computer hooked up to an appropriately loud set of speakers.
The player wears a pair of brightly coloured gloves, enabling computer vision software to keep track of their hands and detect different gestures.
Kanerva said: "No two playing experiences are quite the same.
"When you're playing really hard you get a really nasty distortion sound which is great - but you have to work for it."
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Post by mimmihopps on Nov 29, 2005 16:07:12 GMT -5
hmmm....that's why you've been to parents everning tonight, tezzy? ;D
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Post by tezza202 on Nov 29, 2005 16:08:53 GMT -5
Yeh, I been showing off my new invention ;D
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Post by mimmihopps on Nov 29, 2005 16:11:52 GMT -5
Yeh, I been showing off my new invention ;D ;D
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Post by Superguiller. on Nov 29, 2005 16:20:04 GMT -5
Hey! That would be pretty useful!
How would my flamenco sound?
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Post by Bizzle on Nov 29, 2005 16:21:13 GMT -5
Your spanish guitar work is best Superguiller.
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Post by eva on Nov 29, 2005 16:21:43 GMT -5
what a bunch of geeks ;D
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Post by samvas on Nov 29, 2005 16:23:01 GMT -5
no air drums? ;D
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Post by Superguiller. on Nov 29, 2005 16:39:48 GMT -5
I'm proud of being a guitar geek. It's like I'm walking down the street and I look at this chav hearing rap in his tuned car, and I go "I can play some might say, and you can't, stupid!"
It's a great feeling.
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Post by Poshbird05 on Nov 29, 2005 16:46:38 GMT -5
that's so sweet
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Post by His Royal Majesty Revolver on Nov 29, 2005 17:01:34 GMT -5
How do I get myself one??
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Post by Let It Bleed on Feb 15, 2018 16:55:45 GMT -5
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mono
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Post by mono on Feb 16, 2018 2:55:18 GMT -5
Oh man, that's awesome! It fits into the whole AR movement right now. Even if you could hear someone playing air guitar, would it really sound like music? Curious to find out haha.
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