The goal of this project was to identify features of both live performances and web-based platforms that can be applied to create engaging virtual concert experiences. To understand and test virtual concerts, we conducted research through the Music, Perception, and Robotics (MPR) lab at WPI. The MPR lab features an ensemble of robotic musical instruments that are difficult to showcase online due to their complex designs and small movements. Following the design thinking process, we identified key features that were then included in the design of a virtual concert platform aimed to best showcase the robots. A team of students then built the website including a live video stream integrating user-selectable camera views, a chat interface for audience communication, information about the robots, and a meter to visualize viewer reactions. We tested the website through two user studies to inform key design decisions and make future recommendations.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• McGovern, Rose

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 65131
• E-project-042822-111855

Keyword

• Crowd Experience
• User Experience
• Virtual Concert
• Musical Robotics

Advisor

• Roberts, Charles Davis
• Barton, Scott D

Year

• 2022

Date created

• 2022-04-28

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Interdisciplinary

Rights statement

• In Copyright