Niels Swinkels

Interaction Designer in Gothenburg

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by niels - August 28, 2013August 28, 2013

Airdrummer

Description

This project aimed to create a virtual drum-set that you can play with a pair of custom made drumsticks. The application shows a drumset. You can play them by flicking custom-made drumsticks while simply pointing at one of the drums. Next to this two foot pedals control the high-hat and bass drum.

airdrummerThe system works via IR-LEDs in the drumsticks that flash when the drumstickis flicked, which is seen by a Wii remote. This is then translated in a mouse movement on the screen, that causes drum sounds to be played when the mouse moves over a drum image in the web-based application. The floor pedals are connected via an arduino that sends a signal to the computer when they are pressed. The sticks are activated by a weight that moves up when the stick is flicked, which presses a button. To add a haptic feedback a vibration motor is built in the handle.

airdrummer stick1airdrummer stick2 airdrummer screen

This project was created together with David Andersson and Emilio Gimenez Bahl for the course Tangible Interaction Design.

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