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Using Mixed Reality to adapt human sensing and interaction for more inclusive digital experiences.

The ARME project and the business development that is spinning off (JAMS) have been featured by the University of Birmingham in two press releases: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2024/dr-massimiliano-di-luca-leads-development-of-software-for-virtual-orchestra-rehearsals https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2024/bringing-the-magic-of-playing-music-to-the-virtual-world

The ARME project is celebrating a new milestone with additional backing from the iCURE program (https://www.icureprogramme.com). This UKRI acceleration award underscores ARME’s innovative approach to transforming musical practice and opens exciting opportunities for further advancements in augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) technologies.

The project has secured two impact acceleration awards, one to develop a version of the application to run on iOS, the other to work with the Museum of Music History for an exposition.

Max delves into the Augmented Reality Music Ensemble project in an interview at the University of Birmingham. The project’s core ambition is to understand human synchronization during musical performances. And by leveraging advanced technologies the team endeavours to develop a system that enables musicians to rehearse collectively, even when not in the physical presence of each other.

The VR Lab has a new website

We are delighted to announce a groundbreaking development in the project. We have successfully created a remarkable plug-in designed to simulate the harmonious synchronization of musicians within a violin quartet, opening up new possibilities for testing and experimentation in group music performance.

The ARME team will presenting the project at an event hosted by Creative Futures, a new scheme set up by the Warwick Innovation District and University of Warwick to develop collaborations between academics and the creative industries in the Warwickshire region.

We are excited to announe the novel demo section of the website, which introduces the results of our music annotation effort as well as the Virtuoso sting dataset, a set of annotated quartet recordings.

Among the recordings performed during the first session with the Coull quartet, LiDAR data was captured for each of the musicians. LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) determines distance at several points by measuring how long it takes laser light to reach an object and reflect back.