MagiGuitar: a guitar that is played in air!

Authors:
Hamed Ketabdar;Hengwei Chang;Peyman Moghadam;Mehran Roshandel;Babak Naderi
Affiliations:
Telekom Innovation Labs, Berlin, Germany;Telekom Innovation Labs, Berlin, Germany;CSIRO ICT Centre, Brisbane, Australia;Telekom Innovation Labs, Berlin, Germany;Telekom Innovation Labs, TU Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Venue:
MobileHCI '12 Proceedings of the 14th international conference on Human-computer interaction with mobile devices and services companion
Year:
2012

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Abstract

In this work we present MagiGuitar - a guitar music performance application played in air on iPhone 3GS using a magnet! Users can play the mobile guitar application by moving a permanent magnet around a mobile device embedding a compass sensor (magnetometer). The touch less magnetic music performance technique allows users to play the mobile guitar application using highly intuitive hand gestures in the form of strumming action similar to a real guitar but in air. The proposed technique provides higher degree of flexibility for music performance, as the interaction space is extended to 3D space around the device. This allows users to play music in mobile devices using more natural, comfortable and flexible hand gestures as done with real instruments.