The 5/18/2016 edition of Fortune.com published an article by David Meyer that highlights a new piece of wearable technology designed to provide deaf people with a way to experience a live orchestra concert.
The Sound Shirt, designed by Cute Circuit for Junge Symphoniker Hamburg, is exactly what it sounds like; a shirt that converts sound into vibrations via actuators integrated into the garment. The transmission happens in real time so there’s no loss between the energy shared between audience and performers.
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It’s funny, my immediate thought when the woman touches the guy’s arm at :53 and he reacts was that he was saying “hey, can you be quiet, I am trying to listen to the concert.”
Since the mics are on stage, I would guess someone wearing the shirt wouldn’t have the general experience of being disturbed by other audience members speaking or opening wrapped candy, but I wonder if they would end up experiencing errant noise that orchestra members make that don’t carry from the stage – shifting in chairs, the percussionist moving objects around etc.
Either there would have to be really good onstage discipline or the mics would have to be calibrated really well so as not to pick up on any of that, but still transmit the quieter moments of a piece.
That’s a fascinating thought and I would assume it would convey anything the mics pickup. If nothing else, it’s another good way to demonstrate just how hard stage crews work!
Here in Chicago, the Grant Park Music Festival already mics all of the musicians via their amplified support system. That seems like a good fit for using something like this since they have what would otherwise be the most costly and time consuming element to add.
It’s funny, my immediate thought when the woman touches the guy’s arm at :53 and he reacts was that he was saying “hey, can you be quiet, I am trying to listen to the concert.”
Since the mics are on stage, I would guess someone wearing the shirt wouldn’t have the general experience of being disturbed by other audience members speaking or opening wrapped candy, but I wonder if they would end up experiencing errant noise that orchestra members make that don’t carry from the stage – shifting in chairs, the percussionist moving objects around etc.
Either there would have to be really good onstage discipline or the mics would have to be calibrated really well so as not to pick up on any of that, but still transmit the quieter moments of a piece.
That’s a fascinating thought and I would assume it would convey anything the mics pickup. If nothing else, it’s another good way to demonstrate just how hard stage crews work!
Here in Chicago, the Grant Park Music Festival already mics all of the musicians via their amplified support system. That seems like a good fit for using something like this since they have what would otherwise be the most costly and time consuming element to add.