Aspire to Learning Air Guitar
Apr. 12th, 2006 12:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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Eric Clapton wannabes have strummed the classic riff from “Layla” on imaginary Fenders for decades. Now, thanks to a virtual-reality rig developed at the Helsinki University of Technology in Finland, air guitarists can finally hear themselves jamming. You don't have to rely on other music but instead make your own with the Air Guitar Technology. Combining virtual reality and motion capture, the computer follows a pair of bright orange gloves on your hands as you jam out. It then translates this onto a virtual guitar which then makes noise/music.
You are probably thinking "Oh No! I don't know how to play a virtual guitar. I just learned my air guitar." Cool thing is that you don't even need to know how to play. The computer takes the combination of your movements and interprets what guitar-playing technique and style you’re trying to imitate. It only plays the notes that fit together so it won't sound like total crap. This has got to be the greatest news these people have ever heard in their lives.
Air Guitar.
Eric Clapton wannabes have strummed the classic riff from “Layla” on imaginary Fenders for decades. Now, thanks to a virtual-reality rig developed at the Helsinki University of Technology in Finland, air guitarists can finally hear themselves jamming. You don't have to rely on other music but instead make your own with the Air Guitar Technology. Combining virtual reality and motion capture, the computer follows a pair of bright orange gloves on your hands as you jam out. It then translates this onto a virtual guitar which then makes noise/music.
You are probably thinking "Oh No! I don't know how to play a virtual guitar. I just learned my air guitar." Cool thing is that you don't even need to know how to play. The computer takes the combination of your movements and interprets what guitar-playing technique and style you’re trying to imitate. It only plays the notes that fit together so it won't sound like total crap. This has got to be the greatest news these people have ever heard in their lives.
Air Guitar.
