Wearable Instrument Shirt - Air Guitar

Dr Helmer created this 'Airguitar TShirt' using his Wearable Interactive System (WIS) to showcase how gestures can be used to create fun new interactive experiences that help develop movement control. A key feature of this wearable technology is its ability to be customised to individual attributes and allow unrestricted movement and real-time feedback in the natural performance environment. The technology was first shown to the world as the ‘Air Guitar’ in a popular multi-media release by CSIRO on 13/11/2006 that led to rapid worldwide interest in the WIS technology story. On November 13th, the air guitar story was the seventh most viewed story in the world on www.yahoo.com and was broadcast on the BBC World Service news to an audience of more than 160 million people world wide, was the third most watched video on the CBS News website in the USA (November 14th 2006) and featured strongly in The Times and The Guardian online in the UK, running in newspaper websites around the world, including the China Daily. The Technology has been adapted for use in elite sports and has help support training and performance development for Olympic medalists.