Mictic: Wearable Wristband Translates Gestures, Movements Into Music In Real-Time

Everyone plays “air” instruments once in a while. Mictic is a wearable wristband that turns your gestures and movements into musical tones and sound effects in real-time. Mictic claims to be the first wearable device that is a true musical instrument. The wristbands translate your arm movements into included instrument sounds like electronic guitar, drums, cell, violin, and genre-based soundscapes like EDM, hip-hop and rock. The wristbands contain sensors that detect movement and motion. You can connect the sensors that detect movement and motion. You can connect the sensors with your smartphone via Bluetooth.

Each Mictic wristband includes an inertial measurement unit (IMU) designed to track the wearer’s movement and gestures. When paired with the Mictic app, running on a smartphone — Apple iOS at launch, with Android support to follow — and communicating with the wristband via Bluetooth Low Energy, the data gathered by the wearable is translated into musical tones or sound effects – no experience required. For more advanced users, the wristbands can also be used as a MIDI controller.

The company is currently working with prototype wristbands, based on mbientLab’s popular nine-axis Bluetooth IMU module with 3D-printed housings. The production version, though, will be based on a custom PCB — though it’s unlikely to differ much in specification from mbientLab’s offering.

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