Vuzik: Creative Music Expression for Children thorough Whole Body Interaction

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24600003
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: 子ども学(子ども環境学)
• Research Institution: Kagawa University (2013-2014); The University of Electro-Communications (2012)
• Principal Investigator: ICHINO Junko 香川大学, 工学部, 准教授 (50452040)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 創造性支援 / 身体的インタラクション / 音楽表現 / 子ども

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Enbodied interaction has emerged in recent years as a discipline that integrates the physical, physiological, cognitive and emotional aspects of a person's complete interaction with a digital environment. We describe Vuzik, an application that allows users to manipulate and arrange music through whole body movement, and the user study with fourteen elementary students. Vuzik is designed to foster experiences in creative expression for children. The application responds to users' movements by changing music variables through their drawing picture with pallet and brush on the large display as canvas. The user study to compare existing tool suggests that Vuzik encourages grasp of the entire picture and improves ease of learning.

Free Research Field

ヒューマンコンピュータインタラクション