Music Composition in VR

Few projects I’ve worked on have sparked as much delight as this one. Whether it’s the sounds, the physicality of the interactions, or both, even the most stoic participants couldn’t help but let out an unexpected laugh. This project originated in Bolor Amgalan’s Design Futures class in graduate school. While the prompt asked my team—Aamil Amin, Yihao Kong, and myself—to design scenes for a speculative future, we ended up creating a novel music composition experience in virtual reality. The slides below are from our presentation at the Interventions: Ignite conference in April 2023. Scroll down to see videos of the experience in action.

Original Presentation
Environment 2

Creating a more deliberate composition

Environment 1

Exploring the sounds and how to activate them

Presentation

Presenting at the "Interventions: Ignite" conference

Poster + Team

Poster + team (Left to right: Aamil Amin, myself, and Yihao Kong) at the "Interventions: Ignite" conference