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Finnish Students Devise System That Enables Air Guitarists To Hear Themselves By Newsferatu, Writer Wednesday, November 30, 2005 @ 8:19 AM
HELSINKI - Finnish computer science students have reportedly devised a system which enables air guitarists to hear themselves "play".
The Virtual Air Guitar project - developed by Helsinki University of Technology students Aki Kanerva, Juha Laitinen and Teemu Maki-Patola - adds genuine electric guitar sounds to the air guitar.
Using a computer to monitor the hand movements of the "player", it adds riffs and licks to match frantic mid-air finger work, reports New Scientist.
The students came up with the idea after being invited to develop a virtual instrument as part of their course.
The resulting system consists of a video camera and a computer hooked up to an appropriately loud set of speakers.
The player wears a pair of brightly coloured gloves, enabling computer vision software to keep track of their hands and detect different gestures.
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