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Reverie

Team

Xintao Huang | Eric Ye

Client

Matterport

Timeframe

2023.9-2023.12

Skill set

3Dmodeling | Rendering | Prototyping | Market research | User research

Challenge

Design an innovative Interactive instrument with the use of computer technology

How it works

Reverie is a musical instrument that leverages RFID chip technology to encapsulate musical notes. As its rotatable disk aligns a marked position with an embedded sensor, the corresponding major chord is played.

My Solution

Designed with the hues of daydreaming in mind, the act of turning the disk reveals a mesmerizing interplay of patterns. This visual harmony, in concert with the instrument's melodies, facilitates a seamless transition into a meditative state for its users.

Final Product Showcase

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Inspiration

Exploration of relationship between time and space.

Its two-layered structure creates interlocking visual effects as well as unique sound textures when rotated. Reverie is an artistic expression of the relationship between time and space.

Background Research

“Art that depends on motion for its effects."

The concept of kinetic in sound art focuses on the automatic movements that produce sound

Technology Research

RFID: store music info

Radio Frequency Identification, a technology for digital data encoding in RFID tags or smart labels and capturing by a reader via radio waves.

Technology Layout

Communication Interactions

Illustrates the relationship between the RFID tag, joy stick, max msp data processing and the design of music in Ableton.

Informational Communication Design

Illustrates how musical information is exchanged between each software for the musical playback

Physical Making Process

First Prototype

White tags are the rfids that have music signals embedded in it. When the sensor move on top of each rfid, the sensor will capture the information and send to computer for sound output.