A Gesture Control Interface for a Wave Field Synthesis System
Wolfgang Fohl, Malte Nogalski · New Interfaces for Musical Expression · 2013
This paper presents the design and implementation of a ges- ture control interface for a wave field synthesis system. The user’s motion is tracked by an IR-camera-based tracking system. The developed connecting software processes the tracker data to modify the positions of the virtual sound sources of the wave field synthesis system. Due to the mod- ular design of the software, the triggered actions of the ges- tures may easily be modified. Three elementary gestures were designed and implemented: Select / deselect, circular movement and radial movement. The gestures are easy to execute and allow a robust detection. The guidelines for gesture design and detection are presented, and the user experiences are discussed.