For Miami University's Laptop Ensemble, I built a custom performance system using PlayStation Move controllers as motion-based instruments. I programmed the controllers to connect over Bluetooth and wrote a Python script to collect their sensor data and broadcast it across the network to multiple laptops running a custom Max patch built by a team member. The patch interpreted the motion data, generated sound, and analyzed frequency content which was sent to my TouchDesigner setup to drive audio-reactive visuals that responded to each performer and their assigned color.

Below is another video demonstrating the system with a single controller. (Apologies for the audio clipping…)