Dots - an audio entertainment installation using visual and spatial-based interaction

dots is an interactive sound installation created by nikos moustakas & nikolas grigoriou. The installations’ algorithm takes into account the spatial position of an arbitrary number of participants in order to algorithmically synthesize an audio stream in real-time.

The installation core is a software application developed during this work, which employs advanced video and audio processing techniques in order to detect the exact participants’ positions and to weight-mix short audio granules. Audio mixing is performed using a virtual spatial gridding of the installation space in two dimensions.

The synthesized audio stream reproduction is combined with a number of appropriately designed visual effects, which aim to enhance the participants’ comprehension and render the “dots” installation a high-quality interactive audiovisual platform.

You can read the paper here.

“The human movement dynamically controls the sound synthesis engine and produces high quality audio streams in real-time.”

PRESENTED AT

2nd AudioVisual Arts Festival
Dept. of Audio-Visual Arts
Corfu, Greece, May 2008

Mini AudioVisual Arts Festival
Dept. of Audio-Visual Arts
Corfu, Greece, October 2008

3rd AudioMostly Conference
Interactive Institute Piteå
Piteå, Sweden, October 2008

11th AudioVisual Arts Festival
Athens Concert Hall
Athens, Greece, May 2017

Athens Science Festival 2018
Technopolis, City of Athens
Athens, Greece, April 2018