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PocoPoco

Introduction

What is PocoPoco ?

PocoPoco is a new musical interface which an user can play only by very intuitive and tactile actions such as "pushing", "catching" and "turning". We developed original solenoid actuator units with built-in several sensors, and produced a box-shaped device using 16 the units as an universal input/output device. And we apply the up-and-down movement of them to new musical expression. This device is a versatile interface that can atrract both player and audience by physical movement of the interface itself and have possibility to be used in a wide range of applications including games, telecommunication, and musical performance.

Performance


PocoPoco is very easy even for children and beginners with no musical experience. On the other hand,PocoPoco is a sophisticated device which can be used to create compelling performances. Our demonstration live performances can be watched on our youtube channnel : http://www.youtube.com/user/IDEEALab

Details

To get more information about PocoPoco, please see our papers indicated below.

    English
  1. Yuya Kikukawa, Tatsuhiko Suzuki, Takaharu Kanai, Toshiki Yoshiike, Tetsuaki Baba, Kumiko Kushiyama, PocoPoco: A Kinetic Musical Interface With Electro-Magnetic Levitation Units, New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME) 2012
  2. Tatsuhiko Suzuki, Takaharu Kanai, Yuya Kikukawa, Tetsuaki Baba, Kumiko Kushiyama, Observational Analyzing the Effects of the Physical Object's Movement on Users With Eye-Tracking, Asia Digital Art and Design Association Internatinal Conference ADADA2011, pp51-52, ADADA, 2011
  3. Takaharu Kanai, Yuya Kikukawa, Tatsuhiko Suzuki, Tetsuaki Baba, and Kumiko Kushiyama. 2011. PocoPoco: a tangible device that allows users to play dynamic tactile interaction. In ACM SIGGRAPH 2011 Emerging Technologies (SIGGRAPH '11). ACM, New York, NY, USA, , Article 12 , 1 pages. DOI=10.1145/2048259.2048271 http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2048259.2048271
    [ ACM Digital Library ]
  4. Takaharu Kanai, Yuya Kikukawa, Tatsuhiko Suzuki, Tetsuaki Baba, and Kumiko Kushiyama. 2011. PocoPoco: a tangible device that allows users to play dynamic tactile interaction. In ACM SIGGRAPH 2011 Posters (SIGGRAPH '11). ACM, New York, NY, USA, , Article 50 , 1 pages. DOI=10.1145/2037715.2037772 http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/2037715.2037772
    Japanese
  1. 金井 隆晴,菊川 裕也,鈴木 龍彦,馬場 哲晃,串山 久美子, PocoPoco:実物体の動きを利用した楽器演奏インタフェース, 情報処理学会論文誌, Journal Article,一般社団法人情報処理学会,2012,2012-03-15, Vol.53, No.3, pp:1050-1060, http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110008802663/
  2. 金井隆晴, 菊川裕也, 馬場哲晃, 串山久美子 : ソレノイドを利用した動的触覚呈示が可能な共有玩具デバイスの提案, Designシンポジウム2010(日本機械学会，日本設計工学会，日本建築学会，日本デザイン学会，人工知能学会)
  3. 金井隆晴，菊川裕也，馬場哲晃，串山久美子 : PocoPoco -ソレノイドを利用した動的触覚呈示が可能な「あそび」の提案-，エンタテインメントコンピューティング2010，情報処理学会エンタテインメントコンピューティング研究会，2010
  4. 金井 隆晴，菊川 裕也，鈴木 龍彦，馬場 哲晃，串山 久美子 : ソレノイドを利用した動的触覚呈示デバイスによる音楽演奏インタフェースの提案，インタラクション2011，情報処理学会，2011

Get in touch

As matters stand, PocoPoco is not for sale. We are making various improvement in the device day and day, and news is reported on this web site. So please check this site and if you have any questions or requests, please contact us.