The article that I have decided to research is called “Virtual Reality Musical Instruments: State of the Art, Design Principals, and Future Directions” by Stefania Serafin. In this article, they go over the basic principles of Virtual Reality Musical instruments such as the historical context of them being software emulations, how they can act as extensions of musical instruments, and how we can control them with new interfaces. In addition, they talk about how they are being received form the viewpoint of a performer. They also consider the future challenges that are present when using Virtual Reality Musical Instruments such as motion sickness from too much stimulation in such a rapid format.
This contributes to my project a little bit in the sense that it has to do with Virtual Reality and music. Although this mainly relates to how instruments are played, the fact that they are analyzing people using Virtual Reality technology and a specific music-related program is vital to my project because I need to take into consideration the potential problems that could occur with people using Virtual Reality technology. Some of my audience members could get motion sickness from using the device for too long, or some people could just not respond well to the full immersion of the Virtual Reality headset.
Serafin, S., Erkut, C., Kojs, J., Nilsson, N. C., & Nordahl, R. (2016). Virtual reality musical instruments: State of the art, design principles, and Future Directions. Computer Music Journal, 40(3), 22–40.
- Some of the feedback I received was that I did a good job implementing the feedback from our class on my cover art by changing the font and location of it. Doing this helped the cover art stand out more without taking away from the title. Another piece of feedback is that the immersive aspect was a good idea because the live footage would help add to the realistic effect that I was going for. My next steps are to nail down practice shots and locations for where I want to shoot.
- What I will create for my proof of concept is a quick snippet of a song. This snippet would be about 20-30 seconds, but surely enough time to grasp the concept of the song. In addition to this, I will have a quick footage to go with the song. This will be test footage from any location in Philly just to make sure that every thing is working correctly but this will act as an outline for how the album itself will look.