Dance Tonite is a collaboration between LCD Soundsystem and Google that takes you through room after room of dances acted out by fans. Using “room-scale” VR setups listener’s dancing choreography can be recorded and then saved into rooms for other dancers and listeners to view and\/or join in with.<\/p>\n
Room-scale VR setups use tracking within the headset and VR controllers to recognise movements and translate them into the dancing objects that you see in Dance Tonite. It works like a basic motion capture, recording movement from certain areas to translate into shapes and movements. Anyone with a room-scale VR kit can add their own moves and join the dance party.<\/p>\n
For voyeurs, each dance and performer is represented by a group of objects, mostly cones and cylinders. With only a limited knowledge of how the person is dancing the shapes reflect the motion and flow of the areas they are able to track, creating an odd pattern with the shapes that appears unique for everyone. It encourages you to get creative with your dancing as your digital simulation is limited.<\/p>\n