Accessible Virtual Reality Musical Instrument: Centred Control Facilitation

Documentation on the facilitation and co-design involved in Accessible Virtual Reality Musical Instruments research conducted between October 2020 and July 2024. Recording of this video was made in the summer of 2022.
It shows how the musician is facilitated in Unity as they position a virtual reality musical instrument according to their preference using an canvass affording instrument translation.
The accessibility comes from using a combination of raycasting from the headset's centre-eye-location in the Oculus Quest 2 and hand recognition interaction.
Research examined the esign of musical interfaces, how local environments can facilitate accessibility, the emergent methods required for situated third wave HCI research involving musical instruments in VR, the unique affordances of VR, communication in extended reality and inclusive performace using virtual reality musical instruments.