Oblong Airborne Beats Prototype
Company: Oblong Industries
Provided: interaction design, UI design, prototyping, development, sound
Date: 2012
Oblong is a company known for pioneering the technology in the film ‘Minority Report,’ and later evolving it into enterprise applications. I designed and prototyped Airborne Beats as a live music sequencer application that is operable entirely by hand gesturing in front of a screen. Users are able to grab, drag, and release audio samples onto a grid. They can also draw automation curves across a track to control audio volume over time. There are a number of gestures for play, pause, and volume control that can be performed at any point in the experience. Airborne Beats was programmed in C++ using Oblong's g-speak platform and the creative coding library, Cinder, with the help of several Oblong engineers. As for hardware, we pulled together one screen equipped with an IR sensor, a computer, and speakers. The prototype application had its public debut in a solo show hosted at Bar Mitte in Barcelona.
Various shots of the prototype application in action