Soundscape

Here's our first prototype!

Inspiration

The surge of emotion when your heart wants to soar with the vibes from your headphones. The hard concrete there to greet you when you come back down, or the many strangers who pass you by. They look like you. But they look at you like you are weird. You are not weird, you choose to be open when others are closed. Soundscape is a invitation to play and be open.

What it does

Each sonar sensor plays a music track while you some part of you is in front of it. The sensors are placed for people to utilize three dimensions of space.

How we built it

We split up to get the sonar sensors to detect motion, interpret the signals and play audio files, develop a front for the website, and build the physical prototype. The back end uses flask and java to play certain songs per sensor, based on the dropdown selected in the website.

Challenges we ran into

We had to use about 30 meters of wire! Ideally we could have configured a way to go wireless or bluetooth. We also had a hard time picking out all the soundtracks we wanted to use.