The ASID project is a multidisciplinary research initiative aimed at developing ways of improving access to music for all people, including those with limited or no hearing abilities.

The Emoti-Chair is a multisensory interface that uses air jets, actuators, a visual display, and vibrations to enhance the audio-visual experience of film entertainment. By presenting alternative sensory stimuli to the user, the Emoti-Chair creates a crossmodal sensory experience that can invoke, reinforce, and create emotional sensations associated with film or other visual media.

One of the components of the Emoti-Chair is the Model Human Cochlea (MHC): this is a sensory substitution technique that displays music using multiple discrete vibrotactle channels that are presented along the back of a canvas chair. 

For more information about the ASID project, the Emoti-Chair, the MHC, we have provided more detailed pages that describe our project, and the different types of research we are conducting.

1. *Funding for the project is provided by the Canadian Natural Sciences and Engineering (NSRC) and the Canadian Council for the Arts.