Do Mobile Phones Dream ofElectric Orchestras?

Georg Essl

Electrical Engineering & Computer Science and MusicUniversity of Michigan

CS4HS 2009

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Mobile phones…

• are growing in numbers– (and shrinking in size)

• transcend cultural, economic barrier• offer ever-increasing computational power• offer strength in numbers• are ubiquitous and ultra-portable• get more and more fun sensors to exploit

Interactive Applications…

• are fun!– (and educational)

• transcend cultural, economic barrier• offer new challenges for HCI• drive and are driven by technology• lots of people like to be active and engaged

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The Gain

• New HCI: interactive interfaces, non-standard use of sensors

• New CS: Networking mobile devices at interactive rates

• Cousin: Mobile gaming• Technology is easy to disseminate (mobile

phone app stores)• Challenge: Turning users into creators

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THANKS!

Collaborators:Michael Rohs, Sven Kratz, Martin Roth (TU-Berlin)

Ge Wang (CCRMA Stanford University)Henri Penttinen (Helsinki University of Technology)