BioRhythm : a Biologically-inspired Audio-Visual Installation

Ryan Mcgee, Yuan-Yi Fan, and Reza Ali

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

• Year: 2011
• Location: Oslo, Norway
• Pages: 80–83
• Keywords: bio-feedback,bio-sensing,fm synthesis,open sound control,parallel computing,sonification,spa-,spatial audio,tialization,tion,visualiza-
• DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1178105 (Link to paper)
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Abstract:

BioRhythm is an interactive bio-feedback installation controlled by the cardiovascular system. Data from a photoplethysmograph (PPG) sensor controls sonification and visualization parameters in real-time. Biological signals areobtained using the techniques of Resonance Theory in Hemodynamics and mapped to audiovisual cues via the Five Element Philosophy. The result is a new media interface utilizing sound synthesis and spatialization with advanced graphics rendering. BioRhythm serves as an artistic explorationof the harmonic spectra of pulse waves.

Citation:

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{Mcgee2011,
 abstract = {BioRhythm is an interactive bio-feedback installation controlled by the cardiovascular system. Data from a photoplethysmograph (PPG) sensor controls sonification and visualization parameters in real-time. Biological signals areobtained using the techniques of Resonance Theory in Hemodynamics and mapped to audiovisual cues via the Five Element Philosophy. The result is a new media interface utilizing sound synthesis and spatialization with advanced graphics rendering. BioRhythm serves as an artistic explorationof the harmonic spectra of pulse waves.},
 address = {Oslo, Norway},
 author = {Mcgee, Ryan and Fan, Yuan-Yi and Ali, Reza},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1178105},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 keywords = {bio-feedback,bio-sensing,fm synthesis,open sound control,parallel computing,sonification,spa-,spatial audio,tialization,tion,visualiza-},
 pages = {80--83},
 title = {BioRhythm : a Biologically-inspired Audio-Visual Installation},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2011/nime2011_080.pdf},
 year = {2011}
}