Keep the VRhythm going: A musician-centred study investigating how Virtual Reality can support creative musical practice

Sophia Ppali, Vali Lalioti, Boyd Branch, Chee Siang Ang, Andrew J. Thomas, Bea S. Wohl, Alexandra Covaci

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    Abstract

    The acoustic and visual experiences of musicians in the spaces they perform in are complex and organic in nature, entailing a continuous interaction with the environment. With this project, we leverage the power of Virtual Reality (VR) to support musicians in their creative practice by transporting them to novel sonic and visual worlds. For this, we developed a musician-centred VR system, featuring various acoustic and visual virtual environments, VR Rehearse & Perform, based on design requirements gathered with musicians and performance experts. To investigate how VR can be designed to support music-makers in their creative musical practice, we performed iterative tests with 19 musicians followed by semi-structured interviews. Our findings suggest that VR has the potential to support different aspects of the creative musical practice, such as rehearsing, performing and improvising. Our research provides insights and inspirations toward designing musician-centred VR experiences for various musical activities.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
    EditorsSimone Barbosa, Cliff Lampe, Caroline Appert, David A Shamma, Steven Drucker, Julie Williamson, Koji Yatani
    PublisherACM
    Pages1-19
    Number of pages19
    ISBN (Electronic)9781450391573
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 29 Apr 2022
    EventCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - New Orleans, United States
    Duration: 29 Apr 20225 May 2022

    Publication series

    NameCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
    PublisherACM

    Conference

    ConferenceCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
    Abbreviated titleCHI ’22
    Country/TerritoryUnited States
    CityNew Orleans
    Period29/04/225/05/22

    Funding

    United Kingdom's Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Innovate UK

    FundersFunder number
    Arts and Humanities Research CouncilAH/V013874/1
    Innovate UK58128

    Keywords

    • Creativity
    • Improvisation
    • Music
    • Musical practice
    • Performing
    • Rehearsing
    • Virtual Reality

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Human-Computer Interaction
    • Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
    • Software

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