Audiocubes

AudioCubes are a collection of wireless intelligent light-emitting objects, capable of detecting each other's location, orientation, and user gestures.

AudioCubes were also featured in an art installation created in collaboration with Peter Swinnen during the Champ D’Action Time Canvas festival.

Each AudioCube is identical, and has a small built-in computer which is able to detect the position and location of the other cubes in a network and measure the distances between them.

An AudioCube has four onboard infrared sensors (one on each horizonal face) to communicate and measure distances to objects nearby, digital signal processors (DSP), a USB-rechargeable battery, and a translucent housing.

Thus any distance driven arrangement of cubes is limited to a single horizontal (e.g. table top) level of interactivity.

AudioCubes work wirelessly with MIDI-compatible software and hardware (e.g. FL Studio, Logic Pro, Reason, drum machines and Monome).

The AudioCubes can also measure distances to nearby objects or your hands when configured as a sensor cube in MIDIBridge.

AudioCubes have been used by some performers such as Mark Mosher,[6] Pearls for Swines, Richard Devine, Steve Baltes, Bostich from Nortec, Ilan Kriger, Arecio Smith, Julien Pauty, and the European Bridges Ensemble.

For the creation of the AudioCubes, Bert Schiettecatte received in 2009 the prestigious Qwartz Electronic Music Awards in Paris.