256b-winter-2011/final

Final Project: A Social Musical Experience

The goals of this assignment

• cloud-mediated, social musical instrument / experience
• must have a local (client-side) interactive component (audio + interaction mandatory, graphics optional)
• primary interaction must be enhanced by the social component (e.g., location, compass, sharing of content, multiple participants, wide-area, collaboration, discovery, scale - zooming out, "micro- and macro-cosmic")

Deliverables

• milestone 0 (Wednesday, 2/16, in class): 30-second seed concept
• milestone 1 (Wednesday 2/23, in class): presenting the vision, design, and milestones (3-5 minutes) - presentation + feedback
• milestone 2 (Monday 2/28, in class): closing the loop (client | application server | data) - demo + feedback
• milestone 3 (Monday 3/7, in class): primary interaction / functionality done (minimal essential system) - demo + feedback
• final presentation (Thursday, 3/17, noon, CCRMA Stage): presentation! open to public

Note

• have fun with it!!!
• you are welcome to work together, but you must do/turn in your own work