There is no end to the imaginative uses people have been finding for multi touch technologies. The Reactable looks like a cousin to Microsoft’s Surface. It is, essentially, a multi-user musical instrument.
The reactable is a tangible electronic musical instrument that allows expressive collaborative live performances for professional musicians without the limits of many screen-based interfaces for electronic music. As its name suggests the reactable is a table-based instrument; it can be played by manipulating a set of objects that are distributed o n top of the table surface. Each of these objects has its dedicated function for the generation, modification or control of sound. Bringing these objects into proximity with each other constructs and plays the instrument at the same time. While the table is equipped with sensors for the identification and tracking of the objects, the players themselves do not (and must not) have to wear any controller devices. In addition to the sound which is obviously produced while playing, the reactable also provides additional visual feedback by projecting a visualization of the sound-flow onto the table surface.
Be sure to check out the link up top for more videos and information on other multi touch musical systems. We could not make this stuff up if we tried.
The first thing we thought of is that this Reactable would make a perfect addition to the iBar we featured recently.
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