This semester my team and I built a game from scratch and I learned a lot. As a team we decided to forgo any established game engines and essentially build the game and its components from the ground up. This process helped pull back the curtain on things that I thought were incredibly complicated and…
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Music in the Digital Age: The OP-1 and other New Tools
The OP-1 is an instrument but, it’s probably unlike any instrument you have ever seen or played. In technical terms the OP-1 is a portable synthesizer, sampler, and controller. It is also one of the most popular instruments you’ve never heard of. Musicians such as Bon Iver, Radiohead’s Thom Yorke, Trent Reznor, and Childish Gambino…
Parker Irving – Two Initial Ideas
Before a concert starts fans and concertgoers would have the ability to create their own perfect set list. This perfect set list could then be used by the performer to tailor her/his show to that specific audience. A music (spotify, apple music, tidal, etc..) playlist creator that uses location data/ weather/ time to create new…
Parker Irving – Introduction
Parker Irving is a senior graduating in May, studying Computer Science and Math. In his free time he enjoys running, rock climbing, and playing music (poorly). This summer Parker worked as a software engineering intern at Nike in Beaverton, Oregon. Parker has professional experience in full-stack web development. He has done research here at Virginia…