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Do Mobile Phones Dream of Electric Orchestras?. Georg Essl. Electrical Engineering & Computer Science and Music University of Michigan CS4HS 2009. Title. text. { why? }. Mobile phones…. are growing in numbers (and shrinking in size) transcend cultural, economic barrier
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Do Mobile Phones Dream ofElectric Orchestras? Georg Essl Electrical Engineering & Computer Science and Music University of Michigan CS4HS 2009
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Mobile phones… • are growing in numbers • (and shrinking in size) • transcend cultural, economic barrier • offer ever-increasing computational power • offer strength in numbers • are ubiquitous and ultra-portable • get more and more fun sensors to exploit
Interactive Applications… • are fun! • (and educational) • transcend cultural, economic barrier • offer new challenges for HCI • drive and are driven by technology • lots of people like to be active and engaged
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The Gain • New HCI: interactive interfaces, non-standard use of sensors • New CS: Networking mobile devices at interactive rates • Cousin: Mobile gaming • Technology is easy to disseminate (mobile phone app stores) • Challenge: Turning users into creators
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Collaborators: Michael Rohs, Sven Kratz, Martin Roth (TU-Berlin) Ge Wang (CCRMA Stanford University) Henri Penttinen (Helsinki University of Technology) THANKS!