Sensemble : a wireless inertial sensor system for the interactive dance and collective motion analysis

The motivation for this project is the recent opportunity to leverage low-power, high-bandwidth RF devices and compact inertial sensors to create a wearable, wireless, motion analysis system meeting the demands of many points of measurement and high data rates. This thesis outlines the implementation of such a system intended for interactive dance, in which sensor nodes are worn on the wrists and ankles of dancers in an ensemble. Interactive dance is in some ways an ideal situation for pushing high performance requirements. Collecting data in a highly active environment of human motion demands a comfortable yet sturdy wearable design. Obtaining detailed information about the movement of the human body and the interaction of multiple human bodies demands many points of measurement and high resolution. Most importantly, using this information as a vehicle for interactive performance demands the real-time translation of data into an efficient feature set that a composer, designer, or choreographer can interpret. Now that it is possible to extend expressive motion sensing to multiple points on multiple dancers, an interactive system is capable of responding not only to individual motions, but also to how an ensemble is working together.

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture. Program In Media Arts and Sciences

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2006

Author dc:creator

• Aylward, Ryan P

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Joseph A. Paradiso.

• Architecture. Program In Media Arts and Sciences

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• M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/37391

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/37391