Composing vibrotactile music: A multisensory experience with the Emoti-chair

TL;DR

This paper explores the use of the Emoti-Chair to create multisensory vibrotactile music experiences, demonstrating its potential to enhance entertainment and artistic expression for diverse users.

Contribution

It introduces the Emoti-Chair as a novel multisensory device and evaluates its use in creative workshops with deaf filmmakers and opera singers.

Findings

Participants found the experience exciting and engaging.

Participants were motivated to incorporate the Emoti-Chair into future projects.

The technology effectively enabled multisensory artistic expression.

Abstract

The Emoti-Chair is a novel technology to enhance entertainment through vibrotactile stimulation. We assessed the experience of this technology in two workshops. In the first workshop, deaf film-makers experimented with creating vibetracks for a movie clip using a professional movie editing software. In the second workshop, trained opera singers sang and felt their voice through the Emoti-Chair. Participants in both workshops generally found the overall experience to be exciting and they were motivated to use the Chair for upcoming projects.