Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Virtual Air Guitar

A brand new system has just been developed in Finland to enable even the most non-musical of people to be able to produce screaming guitar solos and riffs without any knowledge of guitar playing.
To use this 'virtual guitar' system you simply have to don a pair of brightly colored gloves and stand in front of a webcam. The image of your hands is processed and based on the movement of your hand the sound is produced....
Incredible idea.. there is also a video of the system in action which is well worth a look at.
Check it out here:
Air guitarists’ rock dreams come true - info-tech - 28 November 2005 - New Scientist
Aspiring rock gods can at last create their own guitar solos - without ever having to pick up a real instrument, thanks to a group of Finnish computer science students.