ZEN TUNES is an iPhone app that analyses the brainwaves emitted when listening to music and produces a music chart based on the listeners "relax" and "focus" state.
The result is much more than a music chart. The playlist is unique to the listener as it organizes information as to how each song is received by the user, and can well be interpreted as his or her personality. The playlist can also be shared via social media.
The "NEURO TURNTABLE" was a device that enabled simple interaction between music and the listeners brainwaves. In comparison, "ZEN TUNES" is a more practical application.
We developed ZEN TUNES to provide "awareness" by tagging the listeners' brainwaves to the music they listen too.
If various vital signs can be connected to the music that people listen to, we can imagine a multitude of opportunities like music recommendation based on the status of the their vital signs, or matching individuals based on the combination and their trend of "music" and "brainwaves".
* ZEN TUNES was a prototype that was materialized through the research of "brainwave / music relation" by the "neurowewar" team.
The newest prototype was showcased at the "ROKURO Vol 1.2" music and technology event in December, 2012.
ZEN TUNES、それは音楽と向き合う場所。
ZEN TUNESは、音楽を聴く時のユーザの脳波情報を元に、自分にとって潜在的に「リラックスに向いている」「集中に向いている」 曲を抽出し、チャートを生成してくれる iPhone 向けアプリケーションです。
ZEN TUNESの目的は、音楽をいつも通り楽しむ中で、脳波という自分が知り得ない「無意識」の情報によって音楽をタグづけし、ユーザに新たな「気づき」を与えることです。将来的にあらゆる音楽に対して、視聴中の各ユーザの脳波をはじめとするあらゆる生体情報を付加できるようになったら、例えば自分の脳波の状態に一番マッチしそうな音楽をレコメンドしたり、好きな音楽の傾向と脳波の傾向によってユーザ同士をマッチングするなど、様々な活用方法が考えられるでしょう。