Authors: Enrico Costanza, Matteo Giaccone, Olivier Kung, Simon Shelley, and Jeffrey Huang
Venue: CHI 2010
Summary
This paper presents Audio d-touch, a low cost tangible user interface for musical composition. As the software is free, the only costs associated with the interface are those related to hardware components required. A folded piece of paper is used to define the interface with key visual markers used as a reference. Interactions with objects on the paper are recorded by a webcam, and music composed can be played back to the user.
Discussion
While this software is still in the early phases of development, as freeware the authors are likely to do well with it. Projects like Audio d-touch represent an important counterbalance to commercial software, by forcing companies to maintain quality standards, and proving that sometimes their software isn't worth as much as they claim it is. A good example of this would be open office and Microsoft word, where the latter is encouraged to refine its interface, support, and features to continue to be distinguished as a superior product.
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