Simple Wearable Vibration Device for Music Appreciation

To enjoy the same musical sounds as live performances at home, we are developing a music sound reproduction system with the wearable vibration device that can be worn easily as a means of experiencing live sounds. The unique features of our vibration device are extracting the rhythm of the drum section and reproduce vibrations synchronized with the rhythm, and designing the device so that it can be worn at only one place on the body and still provide a realism sense. In this paper, we report on the superiority of the above two features compared to conventional specifications using a music playback system with a vibration device under development. In addition, the effect on the realism sense when gradually decaying vibration is applied as a vibration specification will be discussed.