Intuitive Ocusonics: Eye Tracking Musical Instrument Interfaces

"In Retina Burn, soundwaves generated by the sun are manipulated by movements of the performer's eye, thereby allowing the listener to audibly 'view' the sun without the usual risk of damaged vision. The composition's low hums and fluttering sine waves combine with percussive blinks and squints to gradually move through a series of sonic dilations; a feast for the ears prepared by the eye."
-John Kannenberg,
Stasisfield Founder/Curator


Excerpt from an N3TV Toronto, Canada broadcast in conjunction with the 2001 4th Annual Subtle Technologies Conference http://www.subtletechnologies.com showing performance and installation examples. With sound, approx. 2 min.

Improvisational performances have ranged from 20 minutes to 90 minutes and have been performed with Carol Genetti, Eric Leonardson, Steve Barsotti, Hans Fjellestad, Greg Smith, Mike Barron, and Eizabeth Gollackner.
Interface for the performances designed by Andrea Polli

Eye tracking software, BigEye designed by Tom Demeyer at STEIM

Sound processing software: Opcode’s Max and MSP