Interface[s] Montréal

Mobility

Mike Wozniewski

Audiovisual interactivity researcher, Centre for Intelligent Machines (Cim), McGill University

Exploration of virtual 3D audio environments using mobile technology

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Mike Wozniewski present a framework for the management of large-scale mobile audio applications. When deployed, multiple participants are able to navigate through a real physical space, while sharing an overlaid virtual audio environment. Mike and his team have investigated methods of location tracking, wireless audio streaming, and state management between mobile devices and centralized servers. The result is a system that allows mobile users, with subjective 3-D audio rendering, to share a mixed-reality scene containing interactive audio elements. These elements can be organized into large-scale spatial audio interfaces, thus allowing for immersive mobile performance, locative audio installations, and many new forms of collaborative sonic activity.

http://audioscape.org/

Mike Wozniewski is a freelance researcher, with a focus on real-time interactive systems, immersive environments, human motion tracking, sensor interfaces, and 3D audio/graphics. Currently, he works with institutions such as the Centre for Intelligent Machines at McGill University, and the Société for Arts and Technology [SAT]. Recent projects (see www.mikewoz.com) involve methods for modeling and controlling 3D audio in virtual environments, as well as research in large-scale mobile audio applications and multi-user sound installations.