A wireless networked and wearable system for creating and playing music and a concept of active direction in daily space

Abstract

We are developing a wearable musical instrument system that (1) enables individual and daily portability of playing a song as well as listening to it, (2) enables ad hoc musical sessions with passers-by who have same systems and similar taste, (3) enables ad hoc collaborative music composition, (4) and enables active direction of everyday life virtually. In this paper, a prototype system was developed and examined. According to the results, we propose a concept "Dressable Music", that an active direction of everyday life using wireless-networked and wearable musical instruments, and propose a design of "CosTune" system which is expected to actualizes the concept.