This is called the Reactable. The developers describe it like this:
The reactable, is a state-of-the-art multi-user electro-acoustic music
instrument with a tabletop tangible user interface. Several simultaneous
performers share complete control over
the instrument by moving physical artefacts on the table surface and
constructing different audio topologies in a kind of tangible modular
synthesizer or graspable flow-controlled programming language.
I know I am a geek for this kind of thing, but while this isn’t really ready for consumers yet, I can see some potentially interesting applications. Kind of like a group turn table type of jam session. Mix it with the keytar… and we’re talking the next big wave of music! I mean, all good music comes from Barcelona, right?
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