Have you seen already Cary Ravitz’s Micro Robot Dance? https://www.dance.ravitz.us/mrd.php
On Thu, Jun 29, 2023, at 9:02 AM, Emily Addison via Contra Callers wrote: > Hi Harrison, > > Interesting ideas! > > I have found that videos of actual dancers have been suuuuuuper helpful in > figuring out how a dance works. There's a lot of subtle things that become > evident when watching videos that wouldn't show up in simulations (e.g., > where timing is sight, where people need additional prompting etc). Callers > Box is AMAZING for this as they link to videos of the dance. My suggestion > would be to watch the dance in multiple contexts. > > Emily > > On Wed, Jun 28, 2023 at 10:34 PM Harrison Keely via Contra Callers > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi, everyone! As a new caller, I’m looking for apps that will help me >> visualize, practice, and plan contra dances. >> >> The pipe dream is an Oculus/Vision Pro VR app allowing callers to practice >> calling while virtual dancers follow instructions. VR developers - let's >> talk! >> >> More realistically, it would be amazing to have something similar to the >> Taminations app (https://www.tamtwirlers.org/taminations/), but for contra >> dances instead of squares. The idea is that you could input a sequence of >> moves and watch the 2D figures perform them. >> >> http://dancekaleidoscope.org.au/dance.html is the closest option I’ve found >> to this, but it offers only specific full dances and doesn’t let you input >> individual figures to see them combined. There’s a note on the bottom of >> that page which says you can download an HTML/Javascript program to animate >> your own dances, but it seems overly complex to set up (I can’t figure it >> out on my Mac), and unfriendly for mobile devices. >> >> One last thing – I’m hunting for an iOS app that’s a database of dances. >> Like “The Caller’s Box” (https://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/thecallersbox/) >> but for iPhone-sized screens and with offline support. >> >> Perhaps some of these things don’t yet exist, but I think they would go a >> long way toward helping new callers. Maybe there are some callers or >> contra-lovers out there who double as software developers or know someone >> with skills who could help us and we can create new applications together to >> boost the next generation of callers. >> >> Any feedback, ideas, or help would be great! >> >> Thank you, >> Harrison >> _______________________________________________ >> Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >
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