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InTheMix employs
real-time, digital computation of 3D sound-field models to synthesize
an aural environment for presentation over headphones.
The aural environment reacts to the listener's interest,
inferred from the listener's position and orientation
relative to the sounds they hear.
The content of InTheMix grabs the attention of
participants with a variety of context-dependent sound-effects and
voices, but evolves to a selection of original multi-track music
according the participant's interest.
Each track of the music
represents an instrument or vocalist, with an independent dynamic
position and orientation in the sound space.
The listener is allowed to roam a physical free range of a 2-meter
radius.
If listeners venture past the edge of the virtual
space, voices and sounds encourage them to return.
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InTheMix
is most effective to visually dominant participants
when visually impaired by blindfold or darkness.
While each node of
InTheMix
may be compelling on its own, several nodes
can be linked to form a shared environment for remote participants.
Microphones in the headsets allow participants in remote nodes to communicate and share their experience as if they were
physically in the same space.
The Siggraph 2000 experience in
Emerging Technologies featured three
InTheMix
nodes.
The
InTheMix
project involved a diverse team of very
talented individuals, some leading edge (and bleeding edge)
technology, and came to fruition over a period of nine years.
For a detailed description and history of this fascinating project,
visit the pages below.
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InTheMix
Home Page |
Overview if the InTheMix project [This page] |
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InTheMix is interactive, where the participant
can control how he relates to both the environment and the application. |
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Samples of InTheMix subject matter, plus some technical
background. |
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InTheMix represents a Point Of Departure
for listeners, for artists, and for active participants ... see how. |
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A chronicle of the idea's growth from 1991 to 2000. |
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Details of the innovations and products used in
the production. |
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InTheMix is the creation of artists,
engineers, programmers, producers, managers, and an architect. Meet them.
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