Music Cube : Making Digital Music Tangible Miguel Bruns Alonso and David V' Keyson ID StudioLab, Fac

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Music Cube Making Digital Music
TangibleMiguel Bruns Alonso and David V.
KeysonID StudioLab, Faculty of Industrial Design
Engineering, Delft University of Technology

• Priyanka Banerjee

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What is the Music Cube

• It is a wireless cube like object of rubber used
  to interact with music collection

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Purpose of the Music Cube

• Make digital music more tangible
• Recreate the entire experience of listening to
  music. (just like using CDs)

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Music Cube in Action

• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vjGzKy2RlbqA

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Interaction with the Music Cube

• Shake cube Turn it on (4 color side lights come
  on)
• Place a colored side facing upward Play list
  selection
• Rotate top button Scrolling through songs in a
  play list

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• Press top button Pauses the music
• Briefly holding the button Volume control
• Shake cube (in on state) Shuffle mode
• Placing cube face down and pressing it Sleep
  mode

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Feedback from the Music Cube

• Audio feedback -Play list name, song title
• Color Lights and Intensity - Volume Level
• Random color display Shuffle mode
• Light flashing in changing color Music Rhythm
• Static color Current Play list

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Evaluation

• Shape may prevent it from being carried in
  pockets (unlike ipod)
• Gestures used for each functionality is fuzzy for
  a 1st time user (like shaking the cube to start
  it, shake it to get into the shuffle mode)
• No feature for attaching headphones

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• It has a constraint on the maximum number of play
  lists (4) which is dependent on the number of
  available visible surfaces
• Song search would be a tedious process (since
  there is no way of knowing which song comes next)
• It has high hedonic value
• It is a great toy once you know how to interact
  with it

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Possible Future Extension

• Light intensity could indicate the power level
• Device should automatically turn off lights when
  power level falls below certain threshold (power
  saving mode)
• Lights could be used to indicate memory space
• Patterns may be used with colors
• Convert it into a multi-user device
• Understand psychology and choose songs
  accordingly

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Results from the Paper
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Other Related Researches

• Audio Cubes
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vkG-Wm6BUAyMfeatur
  erelated
• Sony Rolly
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vHTxdKi77G20featur
  erelated

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Thank you