Just thought this could inspire the future of MIDI so I wanted to share.
Full-tracking of fingers and digits in the air with just your webcam utilising the wonder of AI.
If using overlapping cameras with a wider FOV greater accuracy and space to perform can be achieved. Averaging and smoothing of the data points would help give it the right feel.
Future MIDI products could be consisting of cameras and depth sensors.
Try it out!:
https://codepen.io/mediapipe/pen/RwGWYJw
Cool idea.
Did you see this?:
https://www.midi.org/midi-articles/ar-pianist-combines-midi-and-ai-to-create-virtual-piano-performances-in-your-home
Oh, and by the way, this can be done with MIDI 1.0 or MIDI 2.0.
Let's not talk about MIDI 3.0 until MIDI 2.0 has been out for a while. 😀
Mike.
Chair of MIDI 2.0 Working Group