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Musical multimodal child computer interaction

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In this project an interactive computer system is designed that envisions to contribute to young children's musical education. From literature, requirements for musical interaction were derived. In this paper these requirements and the design of the system are described.

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IDC '06: Proceedings of the 2006 conference on Interaction design and children
June 2006
172 pages
ISBN:9781450378086
DOI:10.1145/1139073
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Published: 07 June 2006

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  1. edutainment
  2. embodied agents
  3. multimodal interaction
  4. musical interaction
  5. young children

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  • (2008)Temporal interaction between an artificial orchestra conductor and human musiciansComputers in Entertainment (CIE)10.1145/1461999.14620056:4(1-22)Online publication date: 24-Dec-2008

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