VRitual AV Tactile Micro Interface: VRitual AV01 AudioMostly Short

Continuing the motion-based work of Virtual VJ and Opto-Phono-Kinesia I have developed VRitual AV. In response to the limitations introduced by the COVID-19 pandemic, I utilised a more portable and simpler interface than the room-scale GAMS motion-tracking system used in the above projects. The key aim is to create a tactile micro interface that is easy to use and most importantly is easy to transport. The interface serves as a solution for older body-based performers (including myself), who may physically struggle with larger-area interaction. A secondary aim to provide a model for gestural control of mixed media (sound, light, video) in a single form that is both repeatable, but complex enough for genuine expert performance. VRItual AV is a body-based audio-visual performance that deliberately diverges from much live audio-visual work in which the performer sits behind a desk and controls audio-visuals by interacting with a traditional computer interface. The computer itself is deliberately hidden and the interface is the contained within the gestural actions and movements of the performer’s body.