UI of the Tiger
We are creating two interactive “gloves”. An initial use case is for playing music without an instrument. It will allow a user to play “air guitar” (or multiple other instruments) while wearing the gloves.
How it works
Each glove has a sensor on each finger tip and an accelerometer on the back of the hand. These inputs interact with an Arduino board. The Arduino board has code that interprets motion, such as strumming, finger picking, or other “guitar” motions. The finger tip sensors send signals that are interpreted as specific notes and chords. The output is in the form of notes coming from a speaker and fireworks coming from the air guitar player’s backpack.
Features
One possible extension is to add a use case allowing a user to play air piano with the interactive gloves. Building on the music concept we could see a user playing drums, bass and trumpet with the same gloves. With five pairs of interactive gloves we could create an “Air Band”.
- right hand glove captures strumming, finger picking, and other “guitar” motions
- left hand glove captures notes and chords
- outputs include sounds based on inputs
- fireworks or other light display (see http://visionaryinstruments.com/)
Components
Gloves (2)
Accelerometer/Gyroscope Chip
Arduino
Speaker
Fireworks
Conclusion
While the idea of interactive gloves isn’t novel it is a tangible user interface, we liked the idea of creating something tangible that works for one purpose first, then repurposing the same apparatus for other novel functions later.One possible extension is to add a use case allowing a user to play air piano with the interactive gloves. Building on the music concept we could see a user playing drums, bass and trumpet with the same gloves. With five pairs of interactive gloves we could create an “Air Band”.
