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Description |
We have been developing MusicJacket, a prototype teaching system which uses a number
of novel ubiquitous technologies and is designed to increase people’s awareness
of their posture and assist in learning to play the violin. The system uses an inertial
motion capture system which can track, in real-time, the movement of the bowing arm
and can provide real-time feedback to the player through use of vibrotactile motors
placed on arms and body of the novice player.
The key question for the research is whether players can make use of this type of
feedback while learning to play the violin, whether teachers can use it as a support
in their teaching, and therefore more generally, how vibrotactile feedback can be
used in training of motor skills. We conduct longer term user studies in the classroom,
with both adult novice players as well as children as young as six years old to address
these questions. |
