Interactive Immersive Environments: A Composer's Journey (original) (raw)

This paper explores the research by the American composer/media artist Anne Deane Berman. It addresses two of the author's recent collaborative works that offer dramatic interactive experiences to any participant regardless of musical knowledge or talent. The research demonstrates that music serves as the primary art form enriched through a unique blending of supporting elements: visual art and narrative with emerging technologies. The paper illustrates two models, one using a transparent sensor-based tracking system in a real-world environment and the other using a handheld navigational device and head-mounted display to experience a 3-D Virtual Reality environment.