Leimu: Gloveless Music Interaction Using a Wrist Mounted Leap Motion

Dom Brown, Nathan Renney, Adam Stark, Chris Nash, and Tom Mitchell

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract:

Camera-based motion tracking has become a popular enabling technology for gestural human-computer interaction. However, the approach suffers from several limitations which have been shown to be particularly problematic when employed within musical contexts. This paper presents Leimu, a wrist mount that couples a Leap Motion optical sensor with an inertial measurement unit to combine the benefits of wearable and camera-based motion tracking. Leimu is designed, developed and then evaluated using discourse and statistical analysis methods. The results indicate that the Leimu is an effective interface for gestural music interaction and offers improved tracking precision over Leap Motion positioned on a table top.

Citation:

Dom Brown, Nathan Renney, Adam Stark, Chris Nash, and Tom Mitchell. 2016. Leimu: Gloveless Music Interaction Using a Wrist Mounted Leap Motion. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1176000

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{Brown2016,
 abstract = {Camera-based motion tracking has become a popular enabling
technology for gestural human-computer interaction. However, the approach suffers
from several limitations which have been shown to be particularly problematic
when employed within musical contexts. This paper presents Leimu, a wrist mount
that couples a Leap Motion optical sensor with an inertial measurement unit to
combine the benefits of wearable and camera-based motion tracking. Leimu is
designed, developed and then evaluated using discourse and statistical analysis
methods. The results indicate that the Leimu is an effective interface for
gestural music interaction and offers improved tracking precision over Leap
Motion positioned on a table top. },
 address = {Brisbane, Australia},
 author = {Dom Brown and Nathan Renney and Adam Stark and Chris Nash and Tom Mitchell},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1176000},
 isbn = {978-1-925455-13-7},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 pages = {300--304},
 publisher = {Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University},
 title = {Leimu: Gloveless Music Interaction Using a Wrist Mounted Leap Motion},
 track = {Papers},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2016/nime2016_paper0059.pdf},
 year = {2016}
}