Composing vibrotactile music: A multisensory experience with the Emoti-chair
This addresses multisensory entertainment experiences for deaf film-makers and opera singers, but it is incremental as it applies existing technology to new user groups.
The study tackled enhancing entertainment through vibrotactile stimulation using the Emoti-Chair, resulting in participants finding the experience exciting and motivating for future projects.
The Emoti-Chair is a novel technology to enhance entertainment through vibrotactile stimulation. We assessed the experience of this technology in two workshops. In the first workshop, deaf film-makers experimented with creating vibetracks for a movie clip using a professional movie editing software. In the second workshop, trained opera singers sang and felt their voice through the Emoti-Chair. Participants in both workshops generally found the overall experience to be exciting and they were motivated to use the Chair for upcoming projects.