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Posted June 10th 2010 under AudioVisual, Instruments, Sound
Hopefully you know the Reactable as they have been setting the bench-mark for tangible musical interfaces or years, with many people using their fiducial reacTivision tracking system.
Now the team in Barcelona have turned their research product into a limited run portable consumer item, aimed at musicians who want to use this live, aptly named Reactable Live.
The first 20 units (priced 9700 euros) have gone, but if you are interested you can join the waiting list
What is included
* Reactable Live! Core Component
* Table structure with projection surface
* Set of 25 musical blocks
What you need
* An Intel MacBook Pro or MacBook with a FireWire port
* A VGA or HDMI video adapter
Why do I post this? Well, I find it interesting to see something developing from a research project, into a museum, performance tool for the likes of Bjork, then finally a commercial product that has been well thought out and self contained. These videos show some of the production process, embedded below.
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Comments
(June 22nd 2010)
Reminds me of a piece I have seen in the Jewish Museum Berlin last year - not as sleek and without sound, but as an analogue/digital gameboard which I thought was nice. Found picturs here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/whitevoid/4061438638/