02174nas a2200409   4500000000100000000000100001000000100002008004100003260000800044653002000052653002400072653003400096653002100130653002100151653002400172653002800196653001700224653002000241653002000261653002100281653001500302653001700317100002200334700002300356700001700379700002700396700002300423700002900446700001900475700002000494700002600514245013000540856014000670490000700810520092700817022002001744       2018                            d  cjun10aGesture control10aGesture recognition10aIntangible cultural heritages10aMotion capturing10aMusical gestures10aMusical instruments10aNatural user interfaces10aUpper bodies10aUser experience10aUser interfaces10aemotional status10aevaluation10asonification1 aChristina Volioti1 aSotiris Manitsaris1 aEdgar Hemery1 aStelios Hadjidimitriou1 aVasileios Charisis1 aLeontios Hadjileontiadis1 aEleni Katsouli1 aFabien Moutarde1 aAthanasios Manitsaris00aA Natural User Interface for Gestural Expression and Emotional Elicitation to Access the Musical Intangible Cultural Heritage  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85087409359&doi=10.1145%2f3127324&partnerID=40&md5=e06b76a3477b4b7b814e58a10d78d9700 v113 aThis article describes a prototype natural user interface, named the Intangible Musical Instrument, which aims to facilitate access to knowledge of performers that constitutes musical Intangible Cultural Heritage using off-the-shelf motion capturing that is easily accessed by the public at large. This prototype is able to capture, model, and recognize musical gestures (upper body including fingers) as well as to sonify them. The emotional status of the performer affects the sound parameters at the synthesis level. Intangible Musical Instrument is able to support both learning and performing/composing by providing to the user not only intuitive gesture control but also a unique user experience. In addition, the first evaluation of the Intangible Musical Instrument is presented, in which all the functionalities of the system are assessed. Overall, the results with respect to this evaluation were very promising.  a15564673 (ISSN)