Air Guitar Shirt

November 27, 2006 by Jo Minor 


Richard Helmer doing what he does best

Air guitarists rejoice!

There may yet be hope for all you budding Slash and Hendrix wannabes! Oh yeah, I heard you emo bastards asking “Who?”

Richard Helmer at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in Australia has developed a, well…shirt for air guitarists.

What is it, and what the hell does it do exactly?

The “wearable instrument shirt” is made out of an ordinary shirt (like the one you have on you now, unless you’re one of those nudist or naturalist hippies) which is fitted with an array of sensors. The sensors pick up the motions of the arms - notably, one arm to mimic guitar chord patterns and the other to pluck the virtual strings. This wearable instrument of sonic mayhem is then attached to a PC which then picks up the motions and converts them into digital guitar sounds.

Sounds like fun, huh?

Since the art of air guitar has been around for the longest time, this device should bring a dose of hope to those about to rock but lack the required musical skills (but then again, Kurt Cobain DID make a name for himself as a guitarist; but I know better not to make fun of an untalented junkie who had a bitch for a wife and took the easiest way out of life’s problems).

Future plans for the shirt are unclear, but mass production might be in the works so keep a lookout for this one!

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