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interactive floor projections

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here is a proof of concept I'm working on that utilizes my midi arpeggiator plugin.

this video demo's the use of the floor as an interactive instrument. the project target is to be a children's discovery museum exhibit.

while building this instrument it became apparent that some sort of interpretive and or choreographed dance / theatrical routine could be performed with multiple kinects and or triad chord articulations in concatenation with a second person. like setting one foot to be a chord and the other to lead instruments starts making much more complex instrumentations.

the implicit intention is to teach children cognitive and muscle memory through a cross modal auditory and visual sensory feedback system based on the body and motion. in other words a giant musical simon says type of game, which ironically isn't as fun to watch.

the idea isn't entirely novel as i have seen a few interactive floor projections and multiple floor pianos. you can even buy these types of things. most people ask why there isn't a chromatic scale and my answer is that it would sound like a cat running across your piano keys at night time. as it is now its fun for most ages as it requires no musical talent at all.

I'm thinking of some to incorporate rhythm, like possible maybe looping play head people jump or something to create rhythm sort of like a jumping rope idea i guess. i want to make it fun for kids but don't want to make the cliche hopscotch piano. any thoughts on this subject. has anybody done anything similar.