Developing a Virtual Piano Playing Environment

In this paper the framework for a multimedia platform called ADRI is described which aids in playing the piano. A 3Dpiano with visualisation of notes was built in a virtual environment and connected with a real synthesizer using Midi to interact with a user. Multiple users can play together on the virtual piano in this 3D environment from different locations. Multiple agents were made, each with its own independent functionality within the multi-agent platform. Using this system an artificial piano teacher can be developed further to give the environment more educational value and to aid a real piano teacher with his lessons. The environment can also be used as an administrative tool or knowledge base with lessons, songs or other information needed for piano playing. Developing a Virtual Piano Playing Environment Alexander Broersen and Anton Nijholt Department of Computer Science, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands. {broersen,anijholt}@cs.utwente.nl