For his graduation project Scott Hobbs designed a turntable with touch-screens that, like a traditional turn table, gives the DJ different options such as the looping, sampling and scratching of music fragments. The size of the turntable is roughly the same of that of a traditional turntable which means the physical interaction between the DJ and the turntables remains almost the same and so remains natural. But where this turntable does transcend its ancestors is the flexibility, the freedom and the many additional options that it offers the DJ. ATTIGO TT is currently a working prototype.
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As it stands, this is only a small step towards a bigger virtual whole that cooperates with the physical world. More interactive, more intense and far more physically present than ever. These kinds of applications will be developed as a supplementary and, where possible, replacing product. Where a DJ used to rely solely on his hearing and sense of rhythm, he can now dissect the music files completely and visually see what the audience will be hearing. It should make the life of a consumer simpler and more efficient while increasing the interaction immensely. For now such applications are subjugated to the laws of the physical world and it’ll have to be carried wherever the DJ is going. It’s only a matter of time before the first virtual DJ performs as a hologram.