AB  - We present a modular, sensor-based violin bow interface designed to augment musical performance and audiovisual composition. The system integrates real-time audio processing, visual feedback, and machine learning models for gesture recognition. Through an expert user study with seven violinists, we identified themes of ergonomic adaptation, co-agency, and creative potential. While results highlight the toolkit's promise as both instrument and collaborator, limitations include the absence of non-expert perspectives, training protocols, and audience evaluation. This work contributes to human-agent interaction by positioning augmented instruments as sites of improvisational dialogue and outlines future directions in unifying system components, quantitative evaluation, and broader user studies.
AU  - Savery, A
AU  - Ferguson, S
AU  - Johnston, A
DA  - 2026/01/02
DO  - 10.1145/3765766.3765845
EP  - 441
JO  - Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction
PB  - Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
PY  - 2026/01/02
SP  - 439
TI  - Expanding Creative Interaction: Toward a Modular Toolkit for Audio-Visual Composition and Augmented Performance
Y1  - 2026/01/02
Y2  - 2026/11/05
ER  -