(Phys.org) —Volkswagen calls its new concept "driving music reinvented" in the form of an app called Play the Road. We can think about the driver as a composer; we can think about the car as an instrument; we can think about the road as a sheet of music. Such are the suggestions from the concept creators, a collaboration between music producers, a musical group and VW, who have delivered a Play the Road app. This app creates music according to the driver's style in handling the car, from speed to steering and more. The system can generate music triggered by the car's movements; VW turned to the electronic music group Underworld on their project to help synchronize driving and music realtime, where the car itself becomes the instrument. The team faced the challenge to create "a nonlinear composition that would work as a dynamic soundscape for the VW GTI driving experience."
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