Papers
SIGGRAPH Emerging Technologies 2007
Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques
San Diego, California USA
August 5-7 2007
2007 ACM
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The Sound of Touch

David Merrill (Ambient Intelligence Group) and
Hayes Raffle (Tangible Media Group)
MIT Media Laboratory
20 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
{dmerrill, hayes}@media.mit.edu

ABSTRACT

The Sound of Touch is a new instrument for real-time capture and sensitive physical stimulation of sound samples using digital convolution. Our hand-held wand can be used to (1) record sound, then (2) playback the recording by brushing, scraping, striking or otherwise physically manipulating the wand against physical objects. During playback, the recorded sound is continuously filtered by the acoustic interaction of the wand and the material being touched. Our texture kit allows for convenient acoustic exploration of a range of materials.