JAM-O-WORLD: Evolution of the Jam-O-Drum Multi-player Musical Controller into the Jam-O-Whirl Gaming Interface

Tina Blaine, and Clifton Forlines

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract

This paper discusses the Jam-O-Drum multi-player musical controller and its adaptation into a gaming controller interface known as the Jam-O-Whirl. The Jam-O-World project positioned these two controller devices in a dedicated projection environment that enabled novice players to participate in immersive musical gaming experiences. Players' actions, detected via embedded sensors in an integrated tabletop surface, control game play, real-time computer graphics and musical interaction. Jam-O-World requires physical and social interaction as well as collaboration among players.

Citation

Tina Blaine, and Clifton Forlines. 2002. JAM-O-WORLD: Evolution of the Jam-O-Drum Multi-player Musical Controller into the Jam-O-Whirl Gaming Interface. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1176394 [PDF]

BibTeX Entry

@inproceedings{Blaine2002,
 abstract = {This paper discusses the Jam-O-Drum multi-player musical controller and its adaptation into a gaming controller interface known as the Jam-O-Whirl. The Jam-O-World project positioned these two controller devices in a dedicated projection environment that enabled novice players to participate in immersive musical gaming experiences. Players' actions, detected via embedded sensors in an integrated tabletop surface, control game play, real-time computer graphics and musical interaction. Jam-O-World requires physical and social interaction as well as collaboration among players. },
 address = {Dublin, Ireland},
 author = {Blaine, Tina and Forlines, Clifton},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 date = {24-26 May, 2002},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1176394},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 keywords = {Collaboration, computer graphics, embedded sensors, gaming controller, immersive musical gaming experiences, musical controller, multi-player, novice, social interaction.},
 pages = {12--17},
 title = {JAM-O-WORLD: Evolution of the Jam-O-Drum Multi-player Musical Controller into the Jam-O-Whirl Gaming Interface},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2002/nime2002_012.pdf},
 year = {2002}
}