- I-CubeX
"I-CubeX" comprises a system of
sensor s,actuator s and interfaces that are configured by a personal computer. UsingMIDI ,Bluetooth or the Universal Serial Bus (USB ) as the basis for all communication, the complexity is managed behind a variety of software tools, including an end-user configuration editor,Max (software) plugins, and aC++ Application Programming Interface (API), which allows applications to be developed inMac OS X ,Linux and Windowsoperating systems .Usage is primarily focused on allowing exploration and construction of alternative physical computer interaction systems, but have most notably been adopted by music enthusiasts, as they greatly simplify
musical instrument mods and creation of novelelectronic musical instruments ,MIDI controllers andaudio control surface s (such as presented atNIME ), eg. forelectronic music generation, and visual artists, as they greatly simplify interactiveinstallation art andelectronic art (such as presented atArs Electronica andSIGGRAPH ). In both cases, it is extensively used for teaching [ [http://www.uni-koeln.de/phil-fak/muwi/hpa7/hpa7_2002/engl_Theoretical%20basis.html Transcriptive Interaction] ] [ [http://www.washington.edu/students/icd/S/dxarts/598bbattey.html Advanced Topics in Digital Arts and Experimental Media] ] [ [http://www.uoregon.edu/~immd/emergsp04/ Emerging Technologies and research purposes in new media] ] [ [http://www.cvc.sunysb.edu/392/ Multimodal Interfaces and Physical Computing] ] [ [http://www.idl.dundee.ac.uk/imd/index.php Interactive Media Design] ] [ [http://www.aaue.dk/medialogy/uk/index.php Medialogy] ] [ [http://accad.osu.edu/~mlewis/Jitter/Class/ Visual Performance and Installation Technologies] ] . It allows the construction of complex interactive systems out of simplercomponents. I-CubeX is designed and produced by Infusion Systems.History
I-CubeX arose out of a research project in
1995 [ [http://www.xspasm.com/x/sfu/vmi/ISEA95.html The I-Cube System: moving towards sensor technology for artists] ] directed by Axel Mulder at the Department of Kinesiology,Simon Fraser University to address the need for better tools for artists to createinteractive art and for musicians to more easily create or modify musical instruments. It was inspired by projects such asSTEIM 's Sensorlab. While I-CubeX helped opening up access to technology for artists interested in sensor technology, it in itself inspired others to create new technology.The field evolved into
physical computing and it was followed by the creation of a number of other generic platforms for applying sensor technology in the (performing) arts, as well as the development of very application specific sensors for human interfacing andhuman interface devices . While the focus was initially on translating sensor signals toMIDI (Digitizer, microDig) for music enthusiasts, the transmission protocols now includeBluetooth (Wi-microDig) andUSB (USB-microDig) so as to facilitate its use by all kinds of researchers and engineers, as well as MIDI.See also
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Electronic musical instruments
*MIDI controllers
*Audio control surface
*Sensors
*Multimodal interaction
*Human computer interaction
*Human interface device
*Assistive technology
*Brain-computer interface References
External links
* [http://infusionsystems.com/catalog/info_pages.php?pages_id=117 About I-CubeX]
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