Virtual Theremin for Interspecies Communication - Paul Christian

From the creator of "Homebrew Data Glove" and "Human Powered Virtual Airship" comes a fully functional Soviet era electronic instrument, virtualized for mixed reality on Quest. Paul will take you through a little background on the history and mechanics of one of the earliest electronic (2DOF) pose tracking devices, and then touch on some topics such as:

Real-time audio synthesis on Meta Quest in Unity
FAUST (Functional AUdio STream) - a high-level DSL for DSP
MRTK3 framework - still kickin?
Why a virtual theremin might be better than piano for understanding music
Turkeys (pictured)

Schedule:

6:30 Social and setup
7:00 Kickoff / announcements
7:15 Paul Christian
~8:30 Tear-down, walk across to Yardhouse

Attending:

This event will be in person at the REM5 STUDIOS new office in West End, and live streamed on https://www.youtube.com/igdatc

Park underground and take the central red elevator to ground level, then cross the outdoor walkway. REM5 STUDIOS is across the sidewalk from Yardhouse. Map below.

About MN VR and HCI:

MN VR and HCI (Human-Computer Interaction) welcomes developers, tinkerers and enthusiasts working with all variety of VR, AR, HCI, hardware hacking, creative coding and interactive art. Members are working on projects with custom displays and lenses, projection mapping, mocap, tiny computers, servos and sensors, interactive art and a wide variety of VR, AR, motion and computer vision applications. If you've only been to our parent group IGDATC meetings, MN VR and HCI is a slightly different format: We aim for smaller group discussions and lots of specific details.

MN VR and HCI Apr 2025: Virtual Theremin