> -----Original Message----- > From: fab. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 23 November 2006 20:32 > To: [email protected] > Subject: (313) the reactable > > The Reactable, a glimpse of the future? > > "The reactable, is a multi-user electronic music instrument > with a tabletop tangible user interface. Several simultaneous > performers share complete control over the instrument by > moving physical objects on a luminous table surface." > > http://youtube.com/watch?v=0h-RhyopUmc
Looks very similar to a thing that came out of M.I.T. a few years ago which I had a chance to play with when I stumbled across it in a science and technology museum in Austria on holiday. This actually looks like the exact same thing with a software upgrade and some new shape thingys. When I first saw the video clips I was really excited about it, and was drolling when I first sawit in person, but I got bored of the generic loops they were running in about 10 minutes. To be honest, I don't see that it's a big improvement on the standard knob box. I mean, it's nothing more than a big interface which has a cool visual element to it that more than one person can use, but you could accomplish the same thing with multiple knob boxes and the shape thingys aren't really any better than a knob. Tristan ======= http://www.phonopsia.co.uk [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.430 / Virus Database: 268.14.14/548 - Release Date: 23/11/2006 15:22
