“I Am Afraid: Voice as Sonic Sculpture” by Lantin, Overstall and Zhao
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- I Am Afraid: Voice as Sonic Sculpture
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We present a multi-user networked VR application, I Am Afraid, which uses voice as an interface to create sonic objects in a virtual environment. Words are spoken and added to the environment as three-dimensional textual objects. Other vocalizations are rendered as abstract shapes. The sculptural elements embed the sound of the voice that initiated their creation, and can be played as instruments via user-controlled interactions such as scrubbing, shaking, or looping. Multiple users can simultaneously be in the environment, mixing their voices in an evolving, dynamic, sound sculpture. I Am Afraid has been used for fun, performance, and therapeutic purposes.
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- George Berkeley. 1709. An Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision. http://www.
gutenberg.org/ebooks/4722 - Maria Lantin. 2017a. AR Sound-Mixing | Maria Lantin | AR in ACTION. Video. retrieved
December 18, 2017 from https://youtu.be/IbbK3ox8kBg. - Maria Lantin. 2017b. I Am Afraid. Demonstration. http://ix.sat.qc.ca/2017/
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Maria Lantin. 2017c. I am afraid | Maria Lantin | TEDxECUAD. Video. retrieved
December 18, 2017 from https://youtu.be/2xB_3F1bIEI. - Curtis Roads. 2001. Microsound. MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass
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Acknowledgements:
This research was supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, and Mitacs.
