Networked Virtual Environments as Collaborative Music Spaces

Cem Cakmak, Anil Camci, and Angus Forbes

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract:

In this paper, we describe a novel multimedia system for networked musical collaboration. Our system, called Monad, offers a 3D virtual environment that can be shared by multiple participants to collaborate remotely on a musical performance. With Monad, we explore how various features of this environment in relation to game mechanics, network architecture, and audiovisual aesthetics can be used to mitigate problems inherent to networked musical performance, such as time delays, data loss, and reduced agency of users. Finally, we describe the results of a series of qualitative user studies that illustrate the effectiveness of some of our design decisions with two separate versions of Monad.

Citation:

Cem Cakmak, Anil Camci, and Angus Forbes. 2016. Networked Virtual Environments as Collaborative Music Spaces. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1176002

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{Cakmak2016,
 abstract = {In this paper, we describe a novel multimedia system for networked
musical collaboration. Our system, called Monad, offers a 3D virtual environment
that can be shared by multiple participants to collaborate remotely on a musical
performance. With Monad, we explore how various features of this environment in
relation to game mechanics, network architecture, and audiovisual aesthetics can
be used to mitigate problems inherent to networked musical performance, such as
time delays, data loss, and reduced agency of users. Finally, we describe the
results of a series of qualitative user studies that illustrate the effectiveness
of some of our design decisions with two separate versions of Monad.},
 address = {Brisbane, Australia},
 author = {Cem Cakmak and Anil Camci and Angus Forbes},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1176002},
 isbn = {978-1-925455-13-7},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 pages = {106--111},
 publisher = {Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University},
 title = {Networked Virtual Environments as Collaborative Music Spaces},
 track = {Papers},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2016/nime2016_paper0022.pdf},
 year = {2016}
}