Open Sound Control as
Middleware for Games
Accessibility and Body-
Movement Controlled
Gaming
Dr Alasdair G Thin BSc, PhD
Heriot-Watt University, Scotland

Overview
Emergence of Open Sound Control (OSC)
Sample OSC Applications
OSC Protocol
OSC Controllers & Software
Demos
OSC as Enabling Middleware
Future Developments

Electronic Music Pioneers

Management Problem - Solution
get directly down Maurits Burgers
Ivo Riemann

MIDI (musical instr. digital interface)
Optically Isolated Serial Connection
Notes coded #1-127

Open Sound Control (Midi for networks)
Url-style naming scheme
Open-ended
Dynamic
Symbolic
High data resolution
High time resolution
Example: /wii/1/button/home

OSC Applications & Uses
VirtualDJ Quintet.net
von boot
VJing

Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL)
Software
Open
Kernel Device Driver Sound
Control
Hardware Abstraction Layer
Hardware Input Devices

OSC Controllers
Lemur Jazz Mutant Touch OSC

OSC Software/Router 1
junXion

OSC Software/Router 2
OSCulator

OSC Software/Router 3
GlovePIE

Demo 1 - Wiimote

Demo 2 - Video & Audio

Demo 3 - iPhone

OSC as Enabling Middleware
Wacom Tablets Audio
Wiimotes pitch
Wii Balance Board level
Human Interface Devices Midi
(HIDs)
Space Navigator
Video Tracking
Micro-controllers
color
OSC
object
Midi

Future Controller Developments
Sensor(s)
Microcontroller + OSC
http://hci.stanford.edu/dtools/arduino.html

Future Development
OSC gateway Video Game
incorporated in games Virtualization
www.onlive.com
OSC.py library for
Python
flosc library for Flash

Contact
Dr Alasdair G Thin, BSc, PhD
Active Video Game Researcher
a.g.thin@thin.me.uk
www.gamersizescience.org