tangible and multitouch software for organizing
music collections

academic project
prof. luiz velho
with andré maximo
impa [2008].

you can download the project presentation here.

collecTable is a music organizer application using tabletop tangible interfaces. by exploring the natural
movements of a person trying to organize his media, i.e. music discs, video tapes, photographs, we present
a system to investigate this interaction in a digital environment. our implementation is based on the apple's
iTunes(TM) software, and introduces a tool for mining media data through a multi-dimensional chart.

in this work we explore the relation between digital and physical worlds by connecting tangible objects,
in the shape of mini-discs, with digital music albums. in addition, we use these objects to create different
user profiles, allowing multiple users in the same iTable.

:: customizable physical mini-discs which represent tracks, albuns, collection or profiles

:: music tracks and albuns as floating elements

:: 3 types of mini-discs: complete album, album collection and track collection

:: visualization from the whole collection in tracks and albuns

:: selection in the cube: intuitive playlist-maker

:: watch a presentation with demo