Kinect Orchestra

I few months back I had a chat with Ray Chambers and asked him if he could design a Kinect game to test the knowledge of the Instruments of the Orchestra. Ray kindly made the game and the pupils have enjoyed using it.

Here is a post from Ray’s blog:

A few months back after speaking to Gareth Ritter (@ritzertech) we got talking about how applications could be modified for other lessons. I have been working a lot with Gareth as we both share a keen passion for working with the Kinect in lessons. After developing a Kinect spelling test for my lessons and a Kinect Quiz,I learnt that students were really getting engaged in these applications. The idea was simple but the students were drew to it like a flock of seagulls! You will notice in some of my previous posts the engagement from the students.

After the initial discussions we talked about modifying the Kinect Quiz so that it could have sounds playing for different instruments. This is still in working progress and something you can come back to see at a later date, however I managed to make a simple application which changes the cursor when you hover over instruments. The idea is much like the digestive system I made earlier. You hover over the correct answer and if it’s correct the black box turns clear. It could be modified further by going into the code and changing the sound to the sound of the instrument if it’s correct! The possibilities are endless!

Here is a video of the pupils using the game.