Reactable
That is the kind of research I always wanted to do, the intersection of all my principal interests (i.e. human computer interaction, innovative tangible interfaces, electronic music).
The The reacTable is an electro-acoustic music instrument with a tabletop Tangible User Interface that has been developed within the Music Technology Group at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, Spain by Sergi Jordà , Martin Kaltenbrunner, Günter Geiger and Marcos
[it] is a round translucent table, used in a darkened room, and appears as a backlit display. By placing blocks called tangibles on the table, and interfacing with the visual display via the tangibles or fingertips, a virtual modular synthesizer is operated, creating music or sound effects.
Hereafter a demo:
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