Audiocubes: History and Key Facts

AudioCubes are a collection of wireless intelligent light-emitting objects, capable of detecting each other's location, orientation, and user gestures. They were created by Bert Schiettecatte as electronic musical instruments for use by musicians in live performance, sound design, musical composition, and for creating interactive applications in max/msp, pd and C++.

The concept of AudioCubes was first presented by Schiettecatte in April 2004 at the CHI2004 conference in Vienna. An initial prototype of AudioCubes was shown at the Museum for Contemporary Art, MUHKA in Antwerp in December 2004. AudioCubes were also featured in an art installation created in collaboration with Peter Swinnen during the Champ D’Action Time Canvas festival.

In January 2007, AudioCubes were released to the commercial market and offered for sale on the website of Percussa, a company Schiettecatte founded in October 2004 to promote AudioCubes.

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