The Midi Dance Shoes

Symposium:

• ISEA2000: 10th International Symposium on Electronic Art
• More presentations from ISEA2000:  

• New Interfaces for Dance

• The Midi Dance Shoes

• Joe A. Paradiso

• Because of the comparatively high degree of manual dexterity in the general population, most human-computer and musical interfaces concentrate on precisely measuring gesture expressed by the hands and fingers, devoting little, if any, attention to the expressive capability of the feet. We have developed an interface that breaks this tradition by measuring many parameters that can be articulated at the foot of a trained dancer. Previous foot-sensing performance interfaces have generally been very simple, measuring only impacts at the heel and toe, usually with a piezoelectric pickup.

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• This system won the 2000 Discover Award for Technical Innovation in the Entertainment category.

Category:

• Paper