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All'angelo blu
Musical comedy loosely based on Professor Unrat by H. Mann
Book and lyrics by Mariella Zanetti
Music by Giovanni Santini
Commissioned by RSI (Swiss Radio and Television)
Thanks to Augmented Reality we can now create virtual/physical instrumental hybrids with a spatial clarity and visual expressiveness that were impossible before. Augmented instruments are acoustic instruments whose technical and sonic possibilities are expanded through the means of software controlled by some sensor detecting a performer's action. Experimentations in this direction started decades ago, but only now it is possible to provide a 4D interactive visual feedback.
Beyond providing a clear representation of a virtual interface, Augmented Reality also allows and demands expressive visual design, increasing the communicative affordances of the augmented instrument and of the piece of music composed for it.
Etude n. 2 Ghiaccio
Performed at Osage Gallery, Hong Kong, 3.9.2022
Etude n.3 Zyleb
Performed at Osage Gallery, Hong Kong, 3.9.2022
Some elements of Augmented Piano in Augmented Reality
Composite interfaces
Many interfaces are arranged into one distinct group of interactive objects. Each object has a different result.
Multi-dimensional slider
One single interface allows a large number of different results by outputting continuous numbers on different axes. For example, the x, y, z axes when the hand is inside the interface.
Interface-notation hybrid
Among the most exciting possibilities offered by Augmented Reality, there is the possibility to merge notation and instrument in one single entity. This concept is also widely explored in LINEAR.
Here another example.