Reactable
OriginSpain
Year2003
FamilyElectronic
About the Reactable
A tangible tabletop synthesizer. Physical objects on a glowing table create and modify sounds. Used by Bjork on her Volta tour. Developed at Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona. Multiple users can play simultaneously. The visual feedback makes synthesis intuitive.
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