If you have ever wondered what your favorite song looked like visualized, check out the ‘Microsonic Landscapes’ by Realität. These visualizations take the sound waves of any song and turn them into circular plastic models that resemble cityscapes, volcanic craters or vast mountain ranges.
Realität is a Mexico-based experimentation and research studio that came up with this extremely cool music visualization tool. To make these Microsonic Landscapes, three-dimensional open-sourced data visualization programming language processing was used and then printed on a MakerBot. The MakerBot can basically print anything into plastic when correctly programmed.
Realität chose the following songs to use as examples: ‘Another World’ by Antony & The Johnsons, ‘Arvo Part’ by Für Alina, ‘Pink Moon’ by Nick Drake, ‘Third’ by Portishead and ‘Jewels’ by Einstürzende Neubaten.
What Makes This Trend Stand Out
- Three-dimensional Sound Visualization
- Opportunity for creating immersive and tangible experiences through visualizing sound waves.
- Open-sourced Data Visualization
- Potential to utilize open-source tools for creating visually appealing representations of data.
- Personalized Music Experiences
- Opportunity to customize music experiences by visually representing individual songs.
Sectors Adopting This
- Music Technology
- Potential for integrating 3D sound visualization technology into music production and streaming platforms.
- Art and Design
- Application of open-sourced data visualization tools in creating innovative visual representations of artistic concepts.
- Education and Learning
- Utilization of 3D sound wave sculptures to enhance audiovisual learning experiences and engage students.
