Yukio Tada, ATR Media Integration and Communications Research Laboratories
Tadao Maekawa, ATR Media Integration and Communications Research Laboratories
Romain Rouve, ATR Media Integration and Communications Research Laboratories
Kenji Mase, ATR Media Integration and Communications Research Laboratories
Ryohei Nakatsu, ATR Media Integration and Communications Research Laboratories
Abstract: In this paper, we describe the design and applications of "CosTune" (costume + tune), which is a novel wearable musical instrument. A CosTune is not only a personal wearable musical instrument but also is equipped with wireless communications functions to communicate with other CosTunes. A prototype system is also described. Music is a powerful communications medium, therefore, we designed CosTune as a communications tool. CosTune users can make collaborative compositions and perform ad hoc sessions with others who share similar musical tastes. Thus, CosTune may foster a novel musical culture as well as support the formation of communities mediated by music.
Citation:
Yukio Tada, Tadao Maekawa, Romain Rouve, Kenji Mase, Ryohei Nakatsu, Kazushi Nishimoto, "Towards Forming Communities Using Wearable Musical Instruments," icdcsw, pp.0260, 21st International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems Workshops (ICDCSW '01), 2001