This slide set contains Matti Luhtala's travel report of the NIME 2011 - 11th International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression.

1. NIME2011 - 11th International Conference
New Interfaces for Musical Expression
27 May - 1 June 2011, Oslo, Norway
Travel Report
July 11, 2011
Matti Luhtala
VTT Technical Research Centre

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NIME 2011
 Place: University of Oslo
 International Conference on New Interfaces for
Musical Expression.
 The NIME conference started out as a workshop at
the Conference on Human Factors in Computing
Systems (CHI) in 2001.
 http://www.nime2011.org/

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Pre-NIME Workshop - urMus
 urMus is specifically designed for mobile devices (iPhone and Android).
 Real time patching environment.
 Designed for Malleability.
 Easy to enter, deep to master.
 Visual interface programming via LUA language, similar to Processing.
 See more at http://urmus.eecs.umich.edu/

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Pre-NIME Workshop - Auditory Augmentation of
Everyday Objects with Near Real-time Data
 Auditory augmentation is a design and development paradigm for the creation
of unobtrusive data representation layers that enhance the sonic characteristic of
arbitrary physical objects.
 Unobtrusive, partly because of activity-driven feedback, Pleasing, non-
permanent sound scape.
 See more at http://tangibleauditoryinterfaces.de/

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Pre-NIME Workshop - Auditory Augmentation of
Everyday Objects with Near Real-time Data
Possible usage situations
 With typewriter.
 Measuring mood of the person
typing. (E.g) body temperature
and other physiological states.
 In offices and museums.
 Other real time data drivers:
time of the day, urgency etc.
 Challenge: how to measure
artist’s cultural impact in real time
(is it near then at all ?) http://vimeo.com/19581079

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NIME Conference Highlights
Keynote by David Rokeby - Adventures in Phy-gital Space
Some of the discussed themes
 Control system or space
engagement.
 Demonstration or Performance.
 Is it enough if an interactive
system takes a performer to a
place they would not otherwise
go?
 Hopefully video of the keynote
will be available soon.
 See also a blog writing of
Rokeby’s keynote speech writing
by Charles Céleste Hutchins:
http://celesteh.blogspot.com/2011/05/live-blogging-nime-keynote-adventures.html

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NIME Conference Highlights
MindBox Media Slot Machine
MindBox was presented at Sonic
Interaction Design exhibition.
According the creators, the
installation attracts visitors' senses
offering a joyful gambling- game
around musical, choreographical
and cinematographical elements as
dance & beat-boxing.
The latter expression describes a
form of vocal percussion from which
the installation derives its title. See video of the MindBox at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpb4s2VpnCk

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NIME Conference Highligts
Poster session - Designing a Music Performance Space for
Persons with Intellectual Learning Disabilities*
*Luhtala, M., Kymäläinen,T & Plomp, J. (0). Designing Music Performance Space
for Persons with Intellectual Learning Disabilities. NIME 0, Oslo, Norway: ACM.

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Thank You for Your Time