The article I will write about is “AirPiano: Enhancing Music Playing Experience in virtual-reality with Mid-air Haptic Feedback” by Inwook Hwang; Hyungki Son; and Jin Ryong Kim. The AirPiano is an enhanced music system allowing touchable uses in the virtual reality world as well as real-time feedback. The excitement comes from the realistic angle of real-time feedback simulated by the system. The two modes of feedback are constant, in which short bursts are provided, and adaptive feedback in which real-time feedback from the changes of a virtual keypress is monitored. A study was also done through this technology in which mid-air rendering can improve the user experience on the virtual and real-life piano.
This article relates to my project because it demonstrates the intersection of music and virtual reality technology. Even with the full immersion of Virtual reality technology, the users actually learned and became more comfortable using the piano. In addition, the feedback from playing the piano, specifically the adaptive feedback, has promoted clarity and user satisfaction for most of its users, which means not only users experiencing Virtual reality is important, but how the environment responded to their actions is just as important
In a meeting with members, I discussed different tools for Virtual Reality usage and how people currently use this technology.
I. Hwang, H. Son and J. R. Kim, “AirPiano: Enhancing music playing experience in virtual reality with mid-air haptic feedback,” 2017 IEEE World Haptics Conference (WHC), Munich, Germany, 2017, pp. 213-218, doi: 10.1109/WHC.2017.7989903.