Gamelan VR
- Company: Gayam 16 · Yogya Gamelan Festival
- Industry: Culture
- Product: Virtual Reality (VR)
Background
GAMELAN HAS NO RANK AMONG SOCIETY TODAY, IT IS DIFFICULT TO BE DEVELOPED
Learning traditional music has become one of the attractions for many indigenous cultures. Creating a distinctive value that is different for each region by highlighting its unique culture. One of the signature instruments that are commonly known by many in Indonesia is Gamelan.
A Traditional ensemble of Indonesian Javanese, Sunda and Balinese music, mainly composed of percussion instruments. With the increasing trends of pop music, Gamelan’s popularity started to decline, especially amongst the youth.
Now, Gamelan can be found performed for formal and informal traditional Indonesian rituals and other modern activities. Many Indonesian musicians also create arrangements of pop music and traditional sound of gamelan, making its way known globally.
Solution
ENRICH MUSICAL EXPERIENCE OF GAMELAN FOR EVERYONE FROM BEGINNERS TO PROFESSIONALS WITH TOUCH OF METAVERSE
Combining pop music and traditional music has become one of the strategies for cultural preservations by many Indonesian musicians. In spreading awareness widely, collaboration in tradition and technology is slowly taking its part to be one of the preservatives for Indonesian traditions.
Gamelan VR is slowly making its way since the development of immersive technology in Indonesia. Collaborating with the Gayam 16 Community, Arutala has created the next cultural innovation of Gamelan VR. By using a virtual reality headset, users can experience playing virtual gamelan the same as playing real gamelan instruments.
Being a virtual instrument, Gamelan VR can be accessed by many users from many regions. People can learn and teach locals, even foreigners, how to play Gamelan without using the physical instruments. Digital way of preserving traditional arts.
key features
Gamelan VR main features
– Realistic Gamelan Simulator
– Mass Implementation in Learning Gamelan
– Low Cost in Teaching Traditional Instrument
Every year, the Yogyakarta Gamelan Festival (YGF) strives to present traditional music with cultural values. We believe that through gamelan humans must keep moving, as well as gamelan must also continue to be preserved with new approaches, one of which is through immersive technology and can be an attraction in learning and playing gamelan.
Ari Wulu
Program Director Yogyakarta Gamelan Festival (YGF) 2021
