A new project combining the collective talents of four French design studios literally allows you to see sound in a whole different light. Murmur is a device that allows passers-by to interact with an LED light wall, turning their voice into visible sound waves. Building a “luminous bridge between the physical and virtual worlds,” it transfers sound waves towards the wall using an LED strip, displaying the movement of each spoken word.
Watch ‘Murmur’ project a human voice onto a beautiful digital canvas
Experts in visual, sound, and object design, participating studios Chevalvert, 2roqs, Polygraphik, and Splank utilized Raspberry Pi and open-source toolkits to create the installation, referring to it as “echo’s room” — which alludes to both the audio effect and Echo nymphs in Greek mythology.
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