Events

Date: 16 January 2025   Time: 13:00 - 14:00

Location: Room G2, Engineering Building, Mile End Campus, QMUL, E1 4NS Map 

C4DM Seminar: Embodied music interaction in eXtended Reality with virtual avatars and agents

QMUL, School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science
Centre for Digital Music Seminar Series

Seminar by:
Prof. Dr. Pieter-Jan Maes

Date/time: Thursday, 16th January 2025, 1pm

Location: G2, Engineering Building, Mile End Campus, QMUL, E1 4NS

Title: Embodied music interaction in eXtended Reality with virtual avatars and agents

Abstract: In my talk, I will present how eXtended Reality (XR) enhances embodied music interaction, particularly in remote music performance and collaboration with computational agents. At IPEM, we investigate 'virtual embodiment,' a concept that extends 'naturalistic' embodied music interaction into virtual (social) spaces. I'll present a series of experiments and creative-artistic applications on virtual embodiment in the domain of (remote) music performance, education, and dance.

Bio: My research is situated in the field of systematic musicology, focusing on embodied and social interaction with music. This research requires a cross-over of fundamental music research – including theory formation and experimental research – and music application development. Links: https://research.flw.ugent.be/en/pieterjan.maes, https://asil.ugent.be/team/ipem/.